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Morgantown, PA

1,340 Population
1.1 square miles 1,178.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±11.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,587 ±$11,366 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $39,012 ±$719
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$76,673 ±$6,627 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $77,684 ±$1,522
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

12.3% ±10.3% (165  ±148) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 11.7% 48,747 (±0.7% / ±2,973)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

32.2 minutes ±15.4 (16,470  ±5,435) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 25 4,625,355 (±0.4 / ±100,818)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

545 ±103 Number of households
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 161,701 ±913
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.6 (1,340  ±425) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 2.6 416,342 (±0 / ±216)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

9.8% ±10.3% (26  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 5.5% † 5,329 (±0.6% / ±574)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

611 ±114 Number of housing units
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 171,147 ±210
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$243,100 ±$21,652 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $239,700 ±$2,406
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

10.4% ±7.4% (138  ±107.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 10.7% 45,498 (±0.6% / ±2,510.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

96.5% ±6.4% (864  ±220) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 88.4% 259,846 (±1.2% / ±3,555.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
31.8% ±6.1% (285  ±88.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 27.2% 79,881 (±0.7% / ±2,028.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

0.7% ±1% (9  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 8.8% 37,631
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.2% ±3.4% (61  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 5.8% 19,224 (±0.2% / ±794)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
61 Total veterans ±36 55 Male ±34 6 Female ±10

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