Morgantown vs Oley

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

Morgantown and Oley 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 1,232 in Oley). Oley has the higher median household income ($85,068 vs $76,673 in Morgantown). Oley has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $243,100 in Morgantown).

Population, income & housing

	Morgantown	Oley
Population	1,340	1,232
Median age	42.1 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,673	$85,068
Median home value	$243,100	$250,000
Median gross rent	$1,284	$1,354
Housing units	611	487
Homeownership rate	76.0%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morgantown	Oley
Population	676 → 1,340 (+98.2%)	1,203 → 1,232 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$49,839 → $76,673 (+53.8%)	$67,138 → $85,068 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$206,600 → $243,100 (+17.7%)	$174,600 → $250,000 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $1,284 (+62.3%)	$1,116 → $1,354 (+21.3%)

Morgantown

Population

6761,340

Median household income

$49,839$76,673

Median home value

$206,600$243,100

Median gross rent

$791$1,284

Oley

Population

1,2031,232

Median household income

$67,138$85,068

Median home value

$174,600$250,000

Median gross rent

$1,116$1,354

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morgantown	Oley
Under 5	1.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	25.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	4.8%	9.5%
35 to 44	19.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	6.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	17.3%	17.4%
65 to 74	12.7%	16.1%
75 and over	6.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morgantown	Oley
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
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%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morgantown	Oley
No high school diploma	3.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	30.9%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morgantown	Oley
Drove alone	71.1%	77.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	13.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	8.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morgantown	Oley
1-unit, detached	29.6%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	51.2%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	6.2%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Morgantown	Oley
Poverty rate	12.3%	9.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1994	1971