Knightdale vs Morrisville

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

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

Morrisville has the higher population (30,471 vs 19,532 in Knightdale). Morrisville has the higher median household income ($125,404 vs $91,638 in Knightdale). Morrisville has the higher median home value ($481,800 vs $331,900 in Knightdale).

Population, income & housing

	Knightdale	Morrisville
Population	19,532	30,471
Median age	34.0 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$91,638	$125,404
Median home value	$331,900	$481,800
Median gross rent	$1,573	$1,785
Housing units	7,889	12,735
Homeownership rate	64.3%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	73.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knightdale	Morrisville
Population	16,001 → 19,532 (+22.1%)	26,280 → 30,471 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$69,684 → $91,638 (+31.5%)	$101,738 → $125,404 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$196,600 → $331,900 (+68.8%)	$331,800 → $481,800 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,161 → $1,573 (+35.5%)	$1,398 → $1,785 (+27.7%)

Knightdale

Population

16,00119,532

Median household income

$69,684$91,638

Median home value

$196,600$331,900

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,573

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)

	Knightdale	Morrisville
Under 5	8.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	17.6%	20.0%
35 to 44	16.0%	19.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	6.2%	3.3%
75 and over	3.6%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knightdale	Morrisville
White (non-Hispanic)	35.4%	35.1%
Black or African American	46.2%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	41.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knightdale	Morrisville
No high school diploma	5.0%	2.0%
High school graduate	17.7%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	15.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	39.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	34.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knightdale	Morrisville
Drove alone	74.0%	57.2%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.2%	34.0%
Other means	1.1%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knightdale	Morrisville
1-unit, detached	65.7%	35.0%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	18.5%
20 or more units	12.7%	19.8%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Knightdale	Morrisville
Poverty rate	5.8%	4.8%
Average household size	2.58	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	2006	2006