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Morgantown, WV Metro Area

141,817 Population
1,008.9 square miles 140.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,865 ±$2,974 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$59,045 ±$5,867 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

19.5% ±2.4% (25,690  ±3,107) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.5 minutes ±0.4 (1,410,080  ±44,843) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

57,621 ±1,595 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (131,524  ±342) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

2.9% ±1.6% (1,058  ±593) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

65,169 ±157 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$235,000 ±$14,167 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

18% ±2.5% (25,374  ±3,562.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

91.8% ±4.6% (84,097  ±4,380.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
38.9% ±3.2% (35,689  ±2,959.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

4.2% ±16,546.2% (5,990  ±1,334) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

4.3% ±0.8% (5,118  ±904) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,118 Total veterans ±904 4,708 Male ±819 410 Female ±258

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