Holly Springs vs Morrisville

A side-by-side comparison of Holly Springs and Morrisville: population, income, housing, and more.

Holly Springs and Morrisville are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Holly Springs has the higher population (43,429 vs 30,471 in Morrisville). Holly Springs has the higher median household income ($132,435 vs $125,404 in Morrisville). Holly Springs has the higher median home value ($485,500 vs $481,800 in Morrisville).

Population, income & housing

	Holly Springs	Morrisville
Population	43,429	30,471
Median age	36.3 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$132,435	$125,404
Median home value	$485,500	$481,800
Median gross rent	$1,858	$1,785
Housing units	15,171	12,735
Homeownership rate	83.4%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.7%	73.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holly Springs	Morrisville
Population	34,874 → 43,429 (+24.5%)	26,280 → 30,471 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$112,029 → $132,435 (+18.2%)	$101,738 → $125,404 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$320,900 → $485,500 (+51.3%)	$331,800 → $481,800 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,416 → $1,858 (+31.2%)	$1,398 → $1,785 (+27.7%)

Holly Springs

Population

34,87443,429

Median household income

$112,029$132,435

Median home value

$320,900$485,500

Median gross rent

$1,416$1,858

Morrisville

Population

26,28030,471

Median household income

$101,738$125,404

Median home value

$331,800$481,800

Median gross rent

$1,398$1,785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holly Springs	Morrisville
Under 5	6.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	26.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	20.0%
35 to 44	17.8%	19.1%
45 to 54	16.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	9.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	5.9%	3.3%
75 and over	2.6%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holly Springs	Morrisville
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	35.1%
Black or African American	7.9%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	7.5%	41.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holly Springs	Morrisville
No high school diploma	4.3%	2.0%
High school graduate	7.9%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	15.9%
Bachelor's degree	41.4%	39.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.3%	34.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holly Springs	Morrisville
Drove alone	63.2%	57.2%
Carpooled	3.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	30.5%	34.0%
Other means	0.8%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holly Springs	Morrisville
1-unit, detached	80.2%	35.0%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	18.5%
20 or more units	4.3%	19.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Holly Springs	Morrisville
Poverty rate	4.4%	4.8%
Average household size	3.01	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	2008	2006