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Morgantown, WV Urban Area

77,875 Population
40.7 square miles 1,913.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.9 ±2.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,385 ±$3,329 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,028 ±$8,665 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

21.8% ±3.6% (15,533  ±2,694) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.8 minutes ±0.5 (681,875  ±33,922) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

32,833 ±1,471 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (71,169  ±3,789) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.5% ±1.6% (626  ±389) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

35,677 ±1,355 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$286,400 ±$29,467 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

28.3% ±3.9% (21,861  ±3,174.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95% ±4.7% (42,933  ±3,257.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
53.9% ±4% (24,336  ±2,302.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

8% ±1.4% (6,246  ±1,103) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.4% ±1% (2,239  ±668) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,239 Total veterans ±668 2,084 Male ±642 155 Female ±189

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