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Morgantown, WV

30,220 Population
10.2 square miles 2,968.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.8 ±0.7 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 34.6 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in West Virginia: 42.6 ±0.2

Economics

$28,620 ±$1,972 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $36,095 ±$1,096
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $31,462 ±$341
$41,103 ±$4,554 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $60,670 ±$1,962
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $55,217 ±$577

34.4% ±4.2% (8,640  ±1,048) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 19% 24,799 (±1.3% / ±1,741)
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 16.8% 291,860 (±0.4% / ±7,189)

16.6 minutes ±0.9 (203,520  ±21,008) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 23.5 1,410,080 (±0.4 / ±44,843)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in West Virginia: 26.3 17,717,956 (±0.2 / ±203,956)

Families

12,035 ±493 Number of households
  • the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 56,829 ±740
  • West Virginia: 716,040 ±2,889
2.1 ±0.1 (25,124  ±267) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 2.3 130,557 (±0 / ±258)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,741,273

3.9% ±1.7% (372  ±165) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 4.9% † 1,787 (±0.8% / ±282)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,844 (±0.3% / ±978)

Housing

13,985 ±471 Number of housing units
  • the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 64,740 ±130
  • West Virginia: 859,142 ±271

$231,100 ±$10,754 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $215,300 ±$5,363
  • about 1.5 times the amount in West Virginia: $145,800 ±$1,644

41.5% ±3.4% (12,435  ±1,011.6) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 21% 29,108 (±1.4% / ±1,862.8)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 11.1% 196,636 (±0.3% / ±5,393.7)

Social

93.7% ±4.2% (13,328  ±,882.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 91.9% 83,244 (±2.1% / ±1,934.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 88.4% 1,124,528 (±0.6% / ±7,360)
58.1% ±3.8% (8,263  ±,674.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 39.6% 35,882 (±1.5% / ±1,340.7)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 22.7% 288,779 (±0.3% / ±4,107.8)

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

6.5% ±1.2% (1,951  ±369) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 4.1% 5,687
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.6% 28,940

3.6% ±1% (987  ±279) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 6.3% 7,299 (±0.5% / ±553)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 8% 114,894 (±0.2% / ±2,274)
987 Total veterans ±279 929 Male ±263 58 Female ±43

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