Why does everyone say this small North Carolina town is so amazing? Let's find out.

With the cost of living so high in major US cities and crime numbers going up, Americans are looking for better, cheaper, safer places to live. And with this whole new work from home concept being a thing - the question of moving for many of us isn’t WHY NOT anymore. It’s WHERE.

I spend a lot of time talking about what’s wrong with the country and point out the many problems in many of our major cities. But let’s look at a place that seems to be doing everything right to see what we can learn.

You can look at different lists online and there’s going to be a wide variety of opinions on where the best place to live is. Some lists look at affordability, some look at crime. Some look at everything to try and create a list with some reliability.

For the past 5 years, the small town of Morrisville, North Carolina kept showing up on these lists. Sure, Morriville is a really safe place that’s new and where you wouldn’t EVER see a bum or a tent downtown, and where a murder happens once every 20 years. But to me, it was puzzling. Is this place THAT great? If so, what makes it so? So I went there to find out.

It was a very pleasant day for a drive. The skies were bright blue and it was a chilly 53 degrees in late February of 2022.

Could this place be that great
There’s nothing here.

The town of Morrisville has just about 33,000 now people within it’s oddly shaped borders. But there are families moving here every day. The town has doubled in population since 2007. As you can see on this chart, Morrisville only had 1,000 people in 1990. And look at the growth rate since.

Morrisville shares a border with many other desirable communities in the greater Raleigh metro area - places like Cary and Apex that ALSO come up on lists of amazing places to move to. This whole area here on the western side of Raleigh is growing fast because there’s lots of room. Tech companies are spilling in, and brand new schools are opening up. Because it’s new and modern and still UNRUINED by Americans, people find it to be a breath of fresh air.

Most of Morrisville, though, isn't very interesting. In fact, it’s not interesting at all. It’s mile after mile of jam packed housing developments and nice, neat windy roads. The neighborhoods are all very pleasant and clean. To be honest, I saw more people walking around Morrisville than I do in MOST places I visit. But it’s very vanilla. It’s all very sterile.

Is THIS what America wants? Perhaps. If you live in a state that’s trashed and overwhelmed with police sirens, this would seem very welcoming, I suppose. I mean MORRISVILLE is proud of Morrisville. There’s banners hanging up along the byways and throughways all over the place.

The average house here in Morrisville has gone up a lot - it’s all the way up to $470,000. Many of the homes we’ll see on the drive certainly aren’t very large, nor is there a lot of land. But since the average household income is well over $100,000, the cost of a home is fairly affordable for the people who live here.

Being at the center of a technology and academic crossroads means a diverse international community. About 25% of the people moving here came from other countries. It’s about 54% white, and 28% Asian. Half of the community is between 25 and 45 years old, and more than half of the households are married couples with kids.

There’s a technology center here, which is one main reason so many people want to live in Morrisville. Microsoft has a presence here as do Oracle, IBM and Cisco. There are also several biotechnology companies here as well. Look at the list of tech companies who make Morrisville their home. Remember there are only 33,000 people here.


Why is Morrisville ranked so highly? The school system is ranked 29th in the state - not eye opening, but very good. I’d be willing to bet the kids rarely sass their teachers, and I doubt there are armed security guards and metal detectors here.

Morrisville has been called the best place in the state, the best suburb in the state, the best suburb to raise a family in the state. The job growth here is 3% a year, and the future job growth is expected to be 45% over the next ten years. Less than 3% of the people who live here are unemployed.

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