Morrisville vs Zebulon

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

Morrisville and Zebulon 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 7,961 in Zebulon). Morrisville has the higher median household income ($125,404 vs $58,940 in Zebulon). Morrisville has the higher median home value ($481,800 vs $275,400 in Zebulon).

Population, income & housing

	Morrisville	Zebulon
Population	30,471	7,961
Median age	34.5 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$125,404	$58,940
Median home value	$481,800	$275,400
Median gross rent	$1,785	$1,038
Housing units	12,735	3,195
Homeownership rate	48.8%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.9%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morrisville	Zebulon
Population	26,280 → 30,471 (+15.9%)	5,404 → 7,961 (+47.3%)
Median household income	$101,738 → $125,404 (+23.3%)	$46,849 → $58,940 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$331,800 → $481,800 (+45.2%)	$130,100 → $275,400 (+111.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,398 → $1,785 (+27.7%)	$1,151 → $1,038 (-9.8%)

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

Zebulon

Population

5,4047,961

Median household income

$46,849$58,940

Median home value

$130,100$275,400

Median gross rent

$1,151$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morrisville	Zebulon
Under 5	6.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.0%	21.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	20.0%	17.3%
35 to 44	19.1%	19.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	6.9%
65 to 74	3.3%	9.9%
75 and over	2.6%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morrisville	Zebulon
White (non-Hispanic)	35.1%	32.8%
Black or African American	13.1%	38.5%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morrisville	Zebulon
No high school diploma	2.0%	21.9%
High school graduate	8.2%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	34.6%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morrisville	Zebulon
Drove alone	57.2%	70.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.0%	21.2%
Other means	2.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morrisville	Zebulon
1-unit, detached	35.0%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	21.7%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	2.1%
20 or more units	19.8%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Morrisville	Zebulon
Poverty rate	4.8%	12.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	2006	1993