Morgantown vs Muhlenberg Park

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

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

Morgantown has the higher population (1,340 vs 1,179 in Muhlenberg Park). Muhlenberg Park has the higher median household income ($94,426 vs $76,673 in Morgantown). Muhlenberg Park has the higher median home value ($266,300 vs $243,100 in Morgantown).

Population, income & housing

	Morgantown	Muhlenberg Park
Population	1,340	1,179
Median age	42.1 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,673	$94,426
Median home value	$243,100	$266,300
Median gross rent	$1,284	—
Housing units	611	623
Homeownership rate	76.0%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morgantown	Muhlenberg Park
Population	676 → 1,340 (+98.2%)	1,656 → 1,179 (-28.8%)
Median household income	$49,839 → $76,673 (+53.8%)	$75,653 → $94,426 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$206,600 → $243,100 (+17.7%)	$165,200 → $266,300 (+61.2%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $1,284 (+62.3%)	—

Morgantown

Population

6761,340

Median household income

$49,839$76,673

Median home value

$206,600$243,100

Median gross rent

$791$1,284

Muhlenberg Park

Population

1,6561,179

Median household income

$75,653$94,426

Median home value

$165,200$266,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morgantown	Muhlenberg Park
Under 5	1.1%	0.8%
5 to 17	25.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	4.1%
25 to 34	4.8%	10.8%
35 to 44	19.2%	2.1%
45 to 54	6.6%	6.8%
55 to 64	17.3%	33.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	16.8%
75 and over	6.2%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morgantown	Muhlenberg Park
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morgantown	Muhlenberg Park
No high school diploma	3.5%	3.8%
High school graduate	30.9%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morgantown	Muhlenberg Park
Drove alone	71.1%	88.6%
Carpooled	6.9%	4.2%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	7.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morgantown	Muhlenberg Park
1-unit, detached	29.6%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	51.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Morgantown	Muhlenberg Park
Poverty rate	12.3%	5.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	32	18
Median year structure built	1994	1963