Morrisville vs Wake Forest

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

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

Wake Forest has the higher population (51,199 vs 30,471 in Morrisville). Morrisville has the higher median household income ($125,404 vs $120,777 in Wake Forest). Morrisville has the higher median home value ($481,800 vs $435,000 in Wake Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Morrisville	Wake Forest
Population	30,471	51,199
Median age	34.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$125,404	$120,777
Median home value	$481,800	$435,000
Median gross rent	$1,785	$1,458
Housing units	12,735	18,824
Homeownership rate	48.8%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.9%	57.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morrisville	Wake Forest
Population	26,280 → 30,471 (+15.9%)	42,111 → 51,199 (+21.6%)
Median household income	$101,738 → $125,404 (+23.3%)	$92,210 → $120,777 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$331,800 → $481,800 (+45.2%)	$297,300 → $435,000 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,398 → $1,785 (+27.7%)	$1,117 → $1,458 (+30.5%)

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

Wake Forest

Population

42,11151,199

Median household income

$92,210$120,777

Median home value

$297,300$435,000

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,458

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morrisville	Wake Forest
Under 5	6.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	20.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	19.1%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	16.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	3.3%	7.8%
75 and over	2.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morrisville	Wake Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	35.1%	65.6%
Black or African American	13.1%	19.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	41.8%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morrisville	Wake Forest
No high school diploma	2.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	8.2%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	34.6%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morrisville	Wake Forest
Drove alone	57.2%	68.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.0%	25.1%
Other means	2.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morrisville	Wake Forest
1-unit, detached	35.0%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	21.7%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	8.9%
20 or more units	19.8%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Morrisville	Wake Forest
Poverty rate	4.8%	2.9%
Average household size	2.65	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	2006	2007