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Morgantown, WV Metro Area

142,752 Population
1,008.9 square miles 141.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,232 ±$2,692 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$67,242 ±$4,893 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18% ±2.7% (23,774  ±3,556) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.1 minutes ±0.5 (1,379,220  ±46,842) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

58,174 ±1,392 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (132,200  ±189) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.2% ±1.7% (1,574  ±656) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

65,134 ±86 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$237,800 ±$14,578 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

17.8% ±2.4% (25,184  ±3,410.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.8% ±4.4% (85,379  ±4,205.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
40.1% ±3.1% (37,304  ±2,909.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

4.9% (7,001  ±1,264) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.8% ±0.9% (5,745  ±1,056) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,745 Total veterans ±1,056 5,359 Male ±1,014 386 Female ±261

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