Morrisville vs Rolesville

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

Morrisville and Rolesville 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 10,200 in Rolesville). Rolesville has the higher median household income ($148,250 vs $125,404 in Morrisville). Morrisville has the higher median home value ($481,800 vs $467,400 in Rolesville).

Population, income & housing

	Morrisville	Rolesville
Population	30,471	10,200
Median age	34.5 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$125,404	$148,250
Median home value	$481,800	$467,400
Median gross rent	$1,785	$982
Housing units	12,735	3,315
Homeownership rate	48.8%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.9%	66.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morrisville	Rolesville
Population	26,280 → 30,471 (+15.9%)	7,488 → 10,200 (+36.2%)
Median household income	$101,738 → $125,404 (+23.3%)	$119,615 → $148,250 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$331,800 → $481,800 (+45.2%)	$316,200 → $467,400 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,398 → $1,785 (+27.7%)	$788 → $982 (+24.6%)

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

Rolesville

Population

7,48810,200

Median household income

$119,615$148,250

Median home value

$316,200$467,400

Median gross rent

$788$982

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morrisville	Rolesville
Under 5	6.0%	8.8%
5 to 17	17.0%	23.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	20.0%	6.5%
35 to 44	19.1%	19.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	17.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	6.7%
65 to 74	3.3%	7.8%
75 and over	2.6%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morrisville	Rolesville
White (non-Hispanic)	35.1%	58.1%
Black or African American	13.1%	29.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	41.8%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morrisville	Rolesville
No high school diploma	2.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	8.2%	9.5%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	34.6%	29.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morrisville	Rolesville
Drove alone	57.2%	66.0%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.0%	28.3%
Other means	2.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morrisville	Rolesville
1-unit, detached	35.0%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	21.7%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.8%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Morrisville	Rolesville
Poverty rate	4.8%	0.9%
Average household size	2.65	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	2006	2013