Hereford vs Morgantown

A side-by-side comparison of Hereford and Morgantown: population, income, housing, and more.

Hereford and Morgantown are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hereford has the higher population (1,494 vs 1,340 in Morgantown). Morgantown has the higher median household income ($76,673 vs $69,205 in Hereford). Since 2019, Morgantown's population has grown faster (+98.2% vs +55.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Hereford	Morgantown
Population	1,494	1,340
Median age	27.7 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,205	$76,673
Median home value	—	$243,100
Median gross rent	$1,667	$1,284
Housing units	420	611
Homeownership rate	68.0%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hereford	Morgantown
Population	963 → 1,494 (+55.1%)	676 → 1,340 (+98.2%)
Median household income	$55,156 → $69,205 (+25.5%)	$49,839 → $76,673 (+53.8%)
Median home value	$29,400 → $30,700 (+4.4%)	$206,600 → $243,100 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,360 → $1,667 (+22.6%)	$791 → $1,284 (+62.3%)

Hereford

Population

9631,494

Median household income

$55,156$69,205

Median home value

$29,400$30,700

Median gross rent

$1,360$1,667

Morgantown

Population

6761,340

Median household income

$49,839$76,673

Median home value

$206,600$243,100

Median gross rent

$791$1,284

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hereford	Morgantown
Under 5	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 17	20.6%	25.9%
18 to 24	19.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	17.5%	4.8%
35 to 44	6.8%	19.2%
45 to 54	16.2%	6.6%
55 to 64	8.0%	17.3%
65 to 74	3.6%	12.7%
75 and over	7.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hereford	Morgantown
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	50.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hereford	Morgantown
No high school diploma	14.2%	3.5%
High school graduate	45.8%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hereford	Morgantown
Drove alone	41.5%	71.1%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.3%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	52.9%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hereford	Morgantown
1-unit, detached	38.8%	29.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	51.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	61.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Hereford	Morgantown
Poverty rate	8.9%	12.3%
Average household size	3.86	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1984	1994