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Morgantown, WV Metro Area

141,041 Population
1,008.9 square miles 139.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$32,431 ±$1,752 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$56,132 ±$5,025 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

18.2% ±2.4% (23,736  ±3,100) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

22.3 minutes ±2.3 (1,284,320  ±146,733) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

57,354 ±1,761 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 ±0.1 (130,487  ±416) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5.4% ±1.7% (1,992  ±625) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

65,186 ±194 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$218,800 ±$13,741 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

18% ±2.2% (25,091  ±3,000.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

92.1% ±4.6% (84,448  ±4,277.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
41.1% ±3.2% (37,644  ±2,905.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

4.7% (6,655  ±1,591) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6.6% ±1.1% (7,737  ±1,340) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
7,737 Total veterans ±1,340 6,956 Male ±1,166 781 Female ±423

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