Morgantown vs West Lawn

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

Morgantown and West Lawn 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 1,213 in West Lawn). Morgantown has the higher median household income ($76,673 vs $68,309 in West Lawn). Morgantown has the higher median home value ($243,100 vs $183,100 in West Lawn).

Population, income & housing

	Morgantown	West Lawn
Population	1,340	1,213
Median age	42.1 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,673	$68,309
Median home value	$243,100	$183,100
Median gross rent	$1,284	$1,200
Housing units	611	619
Homeownership rate	76.0%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morgantown	West Lawn
Population	676 → 1,340 (+98.2%)	1,567 → 1,213 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$49,839 → $76,673 (+53.8%)	$62,010 → $68,309 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$206,600 → $243,100 (+17.7%)	$143,600 → $183,100 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $1,284 (+62.3%)	$1,272 → $1,200 (-5.7%)

Morgantown

Population

6761,340

Median household income

$49,839$76,673

Median home value

$206,600$243,100

Median gross rent

$791$1,284

West Lawn

Population

1,5671,213

Median household income

$62,010$68,309

Median home value

$143,600$183,100

Median gross rent

$1,272$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morgantown	West Lawn
Under 5	1.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	25.9%	12.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	4.8%	23.5%
35 to 44	19.2%	7.8%
45 to 54	6.6%	18.5%
55 to 64	17.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	4.9%
75 and over	6.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morgantown	West Lawn
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	68.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.0%
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%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morgantown	West Lawn
No high school diploma	3.5%	5.1%
High school graduate	30.9%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morgantown	West Lawn
Drove alone	71.1%	72.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	2.3%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	18.5%
Other means	1.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morgantown	West Lawn
1-unit, detached	29.6%	37.8%
1-unit, attached	51.2%	47.3%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Morgantown	West Lawn
Poverty rate	12.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	32	17
Median year structure built	1994	1950