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26287

3,034 Population
148.7 square miles 20.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.3 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 35.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$29,787 ±$3,081 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $38,900 ±$1,062
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$51,855 ±$4,403 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $64,640 ±$2,584
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

15.4% ±3.9% (459  ±123) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 18.3% 24,008 (±1.2% / ±1,541)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

32.5 minutes ±4.6 (38,240  ±8,446) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 23.1 1,379,220 (±0.5 / ±46,842)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,192 ±134 Number of households
  • the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 57,438 ±661
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.5 ±0.4 (3,022  ±271) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 2.3 131,137 (±0 / ±143)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

2% ±2.5% (12  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 4.3% † 1,562 (±0.7% / ±255)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,501 ±133 Number of housing units
  • the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 65,115 ±83
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$137,500 ±$30,036 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $233,000 ±$5,160
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

6.8% ±3% (206  ±92.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 19.9% 27,782 (±1.2% / ±1,698.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

88.7% ±3.2% (2,030  ±196.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 92.3% 85,225 (±2.2% / ±1,990.6)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
18% ±4.3% (413  ±104.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 40.1% 37,052 (±1.4% / ±1,328.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)

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

0.5% ±0.5% (14  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 4.4% 6,270
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

6.5% ±1.6% (166  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 5.4% 6,298 (±0.5% / ±537)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
166 Total veterans ±43 164 Male ±43 2 Female ±3

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