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Morgantown, WV

30,273 Population
10.2 square miles 2,973.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24 ±0.8 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 35 ±0.1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$30,286 ±$2,029 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $37,435 ±$953
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$42,245 ±$2,083 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $62,394 ±$1,722
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

33.6% ±4% (8,398  ±993) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 19% 24,822 (±1.2% / ±1,606)
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

17.3 minutes ±1.2 (212,430  ±21,153) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 23.8 1,422,300 (±0.7 / ±54,317)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

12,119 ±540 Number of households
  • the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 57,158 ±666
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.1 ±0.1 (24,962  ±233) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 2.3 130,722 (±0 / ±227)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

4.2% ±2.2% (424  ±224) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 5% † 1,797 (±1% / ±373)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

14,179 ±496 Number of housing units
  • the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 65,010 ±108
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$238,200 ±$12,321 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $226,800 ±$5,655
  • about 1.5 times the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

42.9% ±4.1% (12,884  ±1,219.6) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 21.1% 29,278 (±1.4% / ±1,981.6)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

93% ±5.2% (13,517  ±924.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 91.7% 84,137 (±2.3% / ±2,086.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
58.1% ±4.5% (8,443  ±735.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 39.5% 36,215 (±1.5% / ±1,342.9)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

6.2% ±1.4% (1,874  ±426) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 4.2% 5,925
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

3.4% ±0.8% (932  ±223) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 5.9% 6,878 (±0.5% / ±532)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
932 Total veterans ±223 852 Male ±216 80 Female ±54

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