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Morgantown, WV Urban Area

80,626 Population
40.7 square miles 1,981.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.5 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,407 ±$4,437 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$54,049 ±$7,547 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

23.2% ±3.5% (17,327  ±2,711) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

19.8 minutes ±0.6 (726,245  ±36,351) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

34,211 ±1,864 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.2 (74,614  ±3,239) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

1.4% ±1.4% (335  ±338) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

39,293 ±1,231 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$265,800 ±$16,999 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

26.4% ±4% (21,274  ±3,317.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

97% ±5.2% (45,895  ±3,545.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
52.7% ±4.3% (24,937  ±2,479.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.5% ±1.7% (5,242  ±1,370) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

3.8% ±1% (2,631  ±700) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
2,631 Total veterans ±700 2,424 Male ±658 207 Female ±172

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