Granville vs Morgantown

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

Granville 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 1,215 in Granville). Morgantown has the higher median household income ($42,245 vs $32,015 in Granville). Morgantown has the higher median home value ($238,200 vs $135,400 in Granville).

Population, income & housing

	Granville	Morgantown
Population	1,215	30,273
Median age	26.9 yrs	24.0 yrs
Median household income	$32,015	$42,245
Median home value	$135,400	$238,200
Median gross rent	$789	$888
Housing units	675	14,179
Homeownership rate	41.9%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	58.1%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granville	Morgantown
Population	2,735 → 1,215 (-55.6%)	30,712 → 30,273 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$28,080 → $32,015 (+14.0%)	$42,966 → $42,245 (-1.7%)
Median home value	$70,800 → $135,400 (+91.2%)	$210,300 → $238,200 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $789 (+7.6%)	$851 → $888 (+4.3%)

Granville

Population

2,7351,215

Median household income

$28,080$32,015

Median home value

$70,800$135,400

Median gross rent

$733$789

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)

	Granville	Morgantown
Under 5	1.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	4.0%	6.0%
18 to 24	42.6%	42.5%
25 to 34	18.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	4.1%	7.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	7.7%
55 to 64	5.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.1%
75 and over	3.9%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granville	Morgantown
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	84.2%
Black or African American	2.5%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granville	Morgantown
No high school diploma	13.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	34.7%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	16.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	32.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granville	Morgantown
Drove alone	79.9%	62.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	3.6%	12.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.8%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granville	Morgantown
1-unit, detached	31.7%	44.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	22.5%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	11.7%
20 or more units	29.2%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Granville	Morgantown
Poverty rate	41.0%	33.6%
Average household size	2.22	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1990	1966