Lincoln County vs Morgan County

A side-by-side comparison of Lincoln County and Morgan County: population, income, housing, and more.

Lincoln County and Morgan County are counties in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lincoln County has the higher population (20,170 vs 17,327 in Morgan County). Morgan County has the higher median household income ($63,805 vs $48,593 in Lincoln County). Morgan County has the higher median home value ($223,100 vs $103,400 in Lincoln County).

Population, income & housing

	Lincoln County	Morgan County
Population	20,170	17,327
Median age	44.0 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,593	$63,805
Median home value	$103,400	$223,100
Median gross rent	$727	$832
Housing units	9,581	9,182
Homeownership rate	74.7%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincoln County	Morgan County
Population	20,850 → 20,170 (-3.3%)	17,709 → 17,327 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$42,345 → $48,593 (+14.8%)	$51,745 → $63,805 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $103,400 (+22.8%)	$183,200 → $223,100 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $727 (+17.6%)	$732 → $832 (+13.7%)

Lincoln County

Population

20,85020,170

Median household income

$42,345$48,593

Median home value

$84,200$103,400

Median gross rent

$618$727

Morgan County

Population

17,70917,327

Median household income

$51,745$63,805

Median home value

$183,200$223,100

Median gross rent

$732$832

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincoln County	Morgan County
Under 5	5.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.9%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	17.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	15.2%
75 and over	7.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincoln County	Morgan County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincoln County	Morgan County
No high school diploma	18.2%	12.1%
High school graduate	49.5%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincoln County	Morgan County
Drove alone	82.1%	80.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	9.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	2.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	7.7%
Other means	0.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincoln County	Morgan County
1-unit, detached	58.9%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	34.2%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Lincoln County	Morgan County
Poverty rate	20.6%	11.0%
Average household size	2.57	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	32	42
Median year structure built	1983	1984