Morgantown, West Virginia demographics

Morgantown, WV demographics: median age 23.9; 58.5% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Morgantown city, West Virginia · Incorporated city · GEOID 5455756. The survey estimates a population of 30,236 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Morgantown is 23.9 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.9 years. There are 11,946 households (±510). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	23.9 ±0.9	42.7 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 30,236
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	West Virginia	U.S.
Under 18	2,837 ±452	9.4% ±1.5 pp	20.0%	22.0%
18–34	17,192 ±1,015	56.9% ±3.4 pp	20.7%	22.8%
35–64	7,122 ±682	23.6% ±2.3 pp	38.2%	38.0%
65 and older	3,085 ±391	10.2% ±1.3 pp	21.0%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 30,236
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	West Virginia	U.S.
Male	15,840 ±677	52.4% ±2.2 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	14,396 ±679	47.6% ±2.2 pp	50.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 30,236
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	West Virginia	U.S.
White alone	25,549 ±536	84.5% ±1.8 pp	90.3%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	1,397 ±304	4.6% ±1.0 pp	3.2%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	30 ±29 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.9%
Asian alone	1,130 ±305	3.7% ±1.0 pp	0.8%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	1 ±3 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	490 ±297 · low precision	1.6% ±1.0 pp · low precision	0.8%	7.1%
Two or more races	1,639 ±344	5.4% ±1.1 pp	4.9%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 30,236
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	West Virginia	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,930 ±291	95.7% ±1.0 pp	97.9%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1,306 ±291	4.3% ±1.0 pp	2.1%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 11,946
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	West Virginia	U.S.
Married-couple family	3,411 ±363	28.6% ±2.8 pp	46.8%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	647 ±319	5.4% ±2.7 pp	4.9%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	865 ±249	7.2% ±2.1 pp	10.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	4,940 ±613	41.4% ±4.8 pp	31.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	2,083 ±368	17.4% ±3.0 pp	6.1%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 11,946
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	West Virginia	U.S.
Households with people under 18	1,862 ±308	15.6% ±2.5 pp	26.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	10,084 ±641	84.4% ±4.0 pp	73.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 11,946
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	West Virginia	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	4,940 ±613	41.4% ±4.8 pp	31.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	3,975 ±507	33.3% ±4.0 pp	36.3%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,891 ±418	15.8% ±3.4 pp	15.3%	15.3%
Four-person households	655 ±175	5.5% ±1.4 pp	10.5%	12.6%
Five-person households	424 ±156	3.5% ±1.3 pp	4.3%	5.9%
Six-person households	43 ±40 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	1.6%	2.2%
Seven or more people	18 ±38 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.8%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 30,236
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	West Virginia	U.S.
Native	28,219 ±424	93.3% ±1.4 pp	98.2%	85.9%
Foreign born	2,017 ±418	6.7% ±1.4 pp	1.8%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 29,345
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	West Virginia	U.S.
English only	27,267 ±505	92.9% ±1.6 pp	97.5%	77.7%
Spanish	541 ±235	1.8% ±0.8 pp	1.2%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	38 ±35 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	101 ±87 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	35 ±41 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	440 ±180	1.5% ±0.6 pp	0.3%	2.0%
Korean	54 ±63 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	268 ±153 · low precision	0.9% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.1%	1.1%
Vietnamese	144 ±116 · low precision	0.5% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	28 ±28 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	60 ±57 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	1.1%
Arabic	222 ±174 · low precision	0.8% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	147 ±140 · low precision	0.5% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 14,450
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	West Virginia	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	710 ±286	4.9% ±2.0 pp	10.7%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	2,774 ±502	19.2% ±3.3 pp	39.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	1,873 ±336	13.0% ±2.2 pp	17.5%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	642 ±208	4.4% ±1.4 pp	8.4%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	3,361 ±407	23.3% ±2.6 pp	14.4%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5,090 ±579	35.2% ±3.6 pp	9.7%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 30,131
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	West Virginia	U.S.
Same house	17,651 ±956	58.6% ±3.2 pp	89.7%	87.7%
Moved within same county	5,112 ±784	17.0% ±2.6 pp	5.1%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	2,591 ±377	8.6% ±1.3 pp	2.7%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	4,544 ±578	15.1% ±1.9 pp	2.4%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	233 ±148 · low precision	0.8% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

6.2% of Morgantown residents (±1.3 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.0% in West Virginia and 8.4% nationally. 90.5% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Morgantown	West Virginia	U.S.	Compared with West Virginia
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	6.2% ±1.3 pp	6.0%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	90.5% ±1.8 pp	86.1%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	3.3% ±0.7 pp	7.4%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

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