Morgantown vs Star City

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

Morgantown and Star City 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 1,894 in Star City). Star City has the higher median household income ($62,031 vs $42,245 in Morgantown). Star City has the higher median home value ($256,800 vs $238,200 in Morgantown).

Population, income & housing

	Morgantown	Star City
Population	30,273	1,894
Median age	24.0 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,245	$62,031
Median home value	$238,200	$256,800
Median gross rent	$888	$989
Housing units	14,179	947
Homeownership rate	44.3%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.1%	53.6%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morgantown	Star City
Population	30,712 → 30,273 (-1.4%)	2,160 → 1,894 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$42,966 → $42,245 (-1.7%)	$45,199 → $62,031 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$210,300 → $238,200 (+13.3%)	$164,400 → $256,800 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $888 (+4.3%)	$809 → $989 (+22.2%)

Morgantown

Population

30,71230,273

Median household income

$42,966$42,245

Median home value

$210,300$238,200

Median gross rent

$851$888

Star City

Population

2,1601,894

Median household income

$45,199$62,031

Median home value

$164,400$256,800

Median gross rent

$809$989

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morgantown	Star City
Under 5	3.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	6.0%	10.2%
18 to 24	42.5%	16.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	23.2%
35 to 44	7.9%	14.7%
45 to 54	7.7%	7.0%
55 to 64	8.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	6.1%	7.4%
75 and over	3.9%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morgantown	Star City
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	83.5%
Black or African American	4.2%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morgantown	Star City
No high school diploma	7.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	18.1%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	32.3%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morgantown	Star City
Drove alone	62.1%	66.2%
Carpooled	9.0%	13.5%
Public transit	2.2%	1.4%
Walked	12.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	16.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morgantown	Star City
1-unit, detached	44.8%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	22.5%	20.5%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	16.3%
20 or more units	14.4%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Morgantown	Star City
Poverty rate	33.6%	15.7%
Average household size	2.06	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1966	1988