Morrisville vs Wendell

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

Morrisville and Wendell 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 11,585 in Wendell). Morrisville has the higher median household income ($125,404 vs $93,848 in Wendell). Morrisville has the higher median home value ($481,800 vs $316,700 in Wendell).

Population, income & housing

	Morrisville	Wendell
Population	30,471	11,585
Median age	34.5 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$125,404	$93,848
Median home value	$481,800	$316,700
Median gross rent	$1,785	$1,397
Housing units	12,735	4,406
Homeownership rate	48.8%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.9%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morrisville	Wendell
Population	26,280 → 30,471 (+15.9%)	7,308 → 11,585 (+58.5%)
Median household income	$101,738 → $125,404 (+23.3%)	$59,236 → $93,848 (+58.4%)
Median home value	$331,800 → $481,800 (+45.2%)	$191,400 → $316,700 (+65.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,398 → $1,785 (+27.7%)	$964 → $1,397 (+44.9%)

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

Wendell

Population

7,30811,585

Median household income

$59,236$93,848

Median home value

$191,400$316,700

Median gross rent

$964$1,397

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morrisville	Wendell
Under 5	6.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.4%
25 to 34	20.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	19.1%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	14.2%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.6%
65 to 74	3.3%	9.4%
75 and over	2.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morrisville	Wendell
White (non-Hispanic)	35.1%	47.6%
Black or African American	13.1%	25.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	41.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morrisville	Wendell
No high school diploma	2.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	8.2%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	34.6%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morrisville	Wendell
Drove alone	57.2%	66.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	7.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.0%	24.2%
Other means	2.3%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morrisville	Wendell
1-unit, detached	35.0%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	21.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	0.5%
20 or more units	19.8%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Morrisville	Wendell
Poverty rate	4.8%	4.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	2006	2005