Work & commute · Morrisville

Work & commute in Morrisville, NC

Most working residents leave Morrisville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (19%), Durham (18%) and Cary (14%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,041 of 14,263 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,222 Morrisville residents head out of town to work, 1,041 work right here, and 32,438 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morrisville.

13,222live here, work elsewhere

1,041live and work here

32,438work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morrisville goes to work

Raleigh11.1 mi away

19%2,743

Durham10.3 mi away

18%2,540

Cary3.8 mi away

14%2,048

Morrisville (in town)right here

7%1,041

Charlotte120.1 mi away

5%778

Chapel Hill12.9 mi away

3%428

Apex8 mi away

1%197

Greensboro57.9 mi away

1%165

Garner16.2 mi away

1%106

Holly Springs12.7 mi away

1%98

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%4,119

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Morrisville commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

53%

29%

16%

53%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morrisville is a job hub

2.35jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Morrisville are

33,479 jobs are based in Morrisville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morrisville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Morrisville

33,479 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Morrisville residents hold

14,263 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+84%

Jobs based in Morrisville, 2013 → 2023: 18,243 → 33,479. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.