Morgantown vs Westover

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

Morgantown and Westover 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 4,007 in Westover). Westover has the higher median household income ($58,333 vs $42,245 in Morgantown). Morgantown has the higher median home value ($238,200 vs $179,500 in Westover).

Population, income & housing

	Morgantown	Westover
Population	30,273	4,007
Median age	24.0 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,245	$58,333
Median home value	$238,200	$179,500
Median gross rent	$888	$895
Housing units	14,179	2,052
Homeownership rate	44.3%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.1%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morgantown	Westover
Population	30,712 → 30,273 (-1.4%)	4,196 → 4,007 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$42,966 → $42,245 (-1.7%)	$44,139 → $58,333 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$210,300 → $238,200 (+13.3%)	$145,400 → $179,500 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $888 (+4.3%)	$750 → $895 (+19.3%)

Morgantown

Population

30,71230,273

Median household income

$42,966$42,245

Median home value

$210,300$238,200

Median gross rent

$851$888

Westover

Population

4,1964,007

Median household income

$44,139$58,333

Median home value

$145,400$179,500

Median gross rent

$750$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morgantown	Westover
Under 5	3.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	6.0%	9.4%
18 to 24	42.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	19.2%
35 to 44	7.9%	19.2%
45 to 54	7.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	8.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	6.1%	9.2%
75 and over	3.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morgantown	Westover
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	86.6%
Black or African American	4.2%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morgantown	Westover
No high school diploma	7.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	18.1%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	32.3%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morgantown	Westover
Drove alone	62.1%	72.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	14.8%
Public transit	2.2%	2.7%
Walked	12.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	5.4%
Other means	1.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morgantown	Westover
1-unit, detached	44.8%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	22.5%	21.2%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	7.7%
20 or more units	14.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Morgantown	Westover
Poverty rate	33.6%	12.4%
Average household size	2.06	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1966	1957