Morgantown

Data as of · Metro Power Rankings

#895

Global Rank

2.1

Power Score

Emerging Metro

% of Country Score

0.1%


Share

United States • North America • Language power • Time zone America/New_York UTC−5 (EST) (observes summer time)

Population
198K
GDP
$10B
GDP per capita
$50,761
Land area
3,117 km² (1,203 mi²)
Density
64/km² (165/mi²)

Primary city Morgantown

State / province West Virginia

Language English

Morgantown metro area

39.63, -79.96
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Sport

Dimension Breakdown

Value and global rank across all 16 dimensions
World #1Top 5Outside top 5

Most similar metros

Closest profiles across all 16 dimensions

Sports

4 teams

House Prices

FHFA to 2026 Q2

FHFA all-transactions index for Morgantown, WV, since 1993. Real terms in 2024 dollars. Full history and the year-by-year table.

real, 2024 dollarsnominalindex, first quarter = 100 · shaded: 2007 to 2012
050100150200250300350200020102020

One year
One year +6.2%
nominal
Ten years
Ten years +21.1%
real, 2024 $
Since 2000
Since 2000 +58.6%
real, 2024 $
2007 to 2012
2007 to 2012 −7.8%
2007Q4 to 2012Q1

Languages of Morgantown

English first in West Virginia.

LanguageShare
English97.5%
Spanish1.2%
French0.1%
Italian0.1%
German0.1%
English reach, West Virginia
100%
Tier 1 census

West Virginia on the languages board · Language power

Education & Research

Top 2000 Universities1 entry
#514

West Virginia University

Morgantown, United States