Bristol vs Morrisville

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

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

Bristol has the higher population (9,874 vs 9,740 in Morrisville). Morrisville has the higher median household income ($94,126 vs $70,595 in Bristol). Morrisville has the higher median home value ($275,100 vs $236,400 in Bristol).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Morrisville
Population	9,874	9,740
Median age	39.4 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,595	$94,126
Median home value	$236,400	$275,100
Median gross rent	$1,281	$1,123
Housing units	4,279	4,162
Homeownership rate	61.3%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Morrisville
Population	9,605 → 9,874 (+2.8%)	8,573 → 9,740 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$59,005 → $70,595 (+19.6%)	$70,292 → $94,126 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$174,700 → $236,400 (+35.3%)	$208,400 → $275,100 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,028 → $1,281 (+24.6%)	$1,035 → $1,123 (+8.5%)

Bristol

Population

9,6059,874

Median household income

$59,005$70,595

Median home value

$174,700$236,400

Median gross rent

$1,028$1,281

Morrisville

Population

8,5739,740

Median household income

$70,292$94,126

Median home value

$208,400$275,100

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,123

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	Morrisville
Under 5	6.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.4%
35 to 44	16.0%	16.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.6%
75 and over	8.5%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Morrisville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	70.6%
Black or African American	4.0%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Morrisville
No high school diploma	10.3%	5.7%
High school graduate	36.2%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Morrisville
Drove alone	69.9%	70.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	5.4%
Public transit	3.9%	5.4%
Walked	3.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	14.2%
Other means	2.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Morrisville
1-unit, detached	20.8%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	48.9%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	10.2%
20 or more units	7.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Morrisville
Poverty rate	7.0%	11.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1938	1954