Morgantown, West Virginia

Morgantown population, 2020 to 2024

Morgantown added 434 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +175. Among 26 West Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by -3.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in West Virginia has 9,849 people, so Morgantown is 3.1 times that size.

Morgantown covers 10.18 square miles of land and 0.45 of water, for 2,995 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Morgantown is denser than the typical town.

What county Morgantown is in

All of Morgantown's residents live in Monongalia County, which had 108,697 residents in 2024. Morgantown holds 28.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Morgantown

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Morgantown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26501, 26505, 26506. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Morgantown is

The Census internal point of Morgantown is at 39.637500, -79.946900. Charleston, the capital, is 126.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bethel Park, PA (32,376 people), 47.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 55.5 miles away.

Daylight in Morgantown

At 39.64° N, Morgantown gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Morgantown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Westover, 2.3 miles away, with 4,088 people.