Morrisville vs Quakertown

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

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

Morrisville has the higher population (9,740 vs 9,298 in Quakertown). Morrisville has the higher median household income ($94,126 vs $70,978 in Quakertown). Morrisville has the higher median home value ($275,100 vs $253,200 in Quakertown).

Population, income & housing

	Morrisville	Quakertown
Population	9,740	9,298
Median age	39.5 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$94,126	$70,978
Median home value	$275,100	$253,200
Median gross rent	$1,123	$1,253
Housing units	4,162	3,660
Homeownership rate	66.4%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morrisville	Quakertown
Population	8,573 → 9,740 (+13.6%)	8,827 → 9,298 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$70,292 → $94,126 (+33.9%)	$62,298 → $70,978 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$208,400 → $275,100 (+32.0%)	$191,800 → $253,200 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,035 → $1,123 (+8.5%)	$1,062 → $1,253 (+18.0%)

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

Quakertown

Population

8,8279,298

Median household income

$62,298$70,978

Median home value

$191,800$253,200

Median gross rent

$1,062$1,253

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morrisville	Quakertown
Under 5	5.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	16.1%
35 to 44	16.0%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	13.2%
75 and over	4.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morrisville	Quakertown
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	77.1%
Black or African American	8.2%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morrisville	Quakertown
No high school diploma	5.7%	8.0%
High school graduate	33.7%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morrisville	Quakertown
Drove alone	70.8%	74.6%
Carpooled	5.4%	5.4%
Public transit	5.4%	0.2%
Walked	0.5%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	11.2%
Other means	3.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morrisville	Quakertown
1-unit, detached	63.2%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	33.8%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	12.6%
20 or more units	5.7%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Morrisville	Quakertown
Poverty rate	11.3%	10.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1954	1965