Cheat Lake vs Morgantown

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

Cheat Lake and Morgantown are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Morgantown has the higher population (30,273 vs 10,485 in Cheat Lake). Cheat Lake has the higher median household income ($111,379 vs $42,245 in Morgantown). Cheat Lake has the higher median home value ($345,500 vs $238,200 in Morgantown).

Population, income & housing

	Cheat Lake	Morgantown
Population	10,485	30,273
Median age	41.5 yrs	24.0 yrs
Median household income	$111,379	$42,245
Median home value	$345,500	$238,200
Median gross rent	$1,113	$888
Housing units	4,555	14,179
Homeownership rate	80.2%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.7%	58.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheat Lake	Morgantown
Population	9,251 → 10,485 (+13.3%)	30,712 → 30,273 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$89,310 → $111,379 (+24.7%)	$42,966 → $42,245 (-1.7%)
Median home value	$298,900 → $345,500 (+15.6%)	$210,300 → $238,200 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,113 (+22.6%)	$851 → $888 (+4.3%)

Cheat Lake

Population

9,25110,485

Median household income

$89,310$111,379

Median home value

$298,900$345,500

Median gross rent

$908$1,113

Morgantown

Population

30,71230,273

Median household income

$42,966$42,245

Median home value

$210,300$238,200

Median gross rent

$851$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheat Lake	Morgantown
Under 5	5.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	17.8%	6.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	42.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	16.6%	7.9%
45 to 54	16.4%	7.7%
55 to 64	10.3%	8.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	6.1%
75 and over	7.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheat Lake	Morgantown
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	84.2%
Black or African American	3.9%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheat Lake	Morgantown
No high school diploma	2.3%	7.0%
High school graduate	18.4%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	16.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	36.4%	32.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheat Lake	Morgantown
Drove alone	79.5%	62.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.1%	12.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	11.6%	12.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheat Lake	Morgantown
1-unit, detached	68.0%	44.8%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	22.5%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	11.7%
20 or more units	1.3%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Cheat Lake	Morgantown
Poverty rate	5.4%	33.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1993	1966