† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupMorgantown, WVWest VirginiaUnited States
German18.5%14.7%12.5%
English12.7%15.7%9.5%
Irish11.9%12.3%9.4%
American9.0%9.5%5.3%
Italian7.3%4.1%4.8%
Polish3.3%1.4%2.2%
Scottish3.1%2.1%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.2%1.3%—
African American†3.5%2.6%9.9%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Mexican0.9%0.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.3%1.8%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Argentinean0.2%——
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
Ecuadorian0.2%——
Spanish0.2%——
Asian Indian0.8%—1.4%
Chinese0.6%—1.3%
Filipino0.5%—0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%
Korean0.2%—0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Morgantown, WV
West Virginia
United States
Median age
35.3
42.9
39.1
Age 18–24
18.1%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.0%
21.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Morgantown, WV
West Virginia
United States
Median household income
$64,508
$59,608
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.3%
16.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
41.3%
24.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Morgantown, WV
West Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.5%
2.5%
22.3%
Spanish
1.5%
1.2%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.0%
0.3%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Morgantown, WV
West Virginia
United States
Catholic
7.7%
5.6%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
8.8%
16.4%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
72.1%
62.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.8%
12.5%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Morgantown, WV
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−28.0%
1896
−37.3%
1900
−39.5%
1904
−41.8%
1908
−35.4%
1912
+7.5%
1916
−28.8%
1920
−40.4%
1924
−25.4%
1928
−38.0%
1932
+1.4%
1936
+7.7%
1940
−2.5%
1944
−10.1%
1948
+1.0%
1952
−9.7%
1956
−20.9%
1960
−3.1%
1964
+38.5%
1968
+6.6%
1972
−28.4%
1976
+10.7%
1980
−1.6%
1984
−11.8%
1988
+1.8%
1992
+9.8%
1996
+8.6%
2000
−10.8%
2004
−11.4%
2008
−4.1%
2012
−18.6%
2016
−21.8%
2020
−15.1%
2024
−18.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
39.8%Harris22,218
57.7%Trump32,260
1.3%Kennedy737 +2
R+18.0
R+2.9
R+16.5
55,878
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican57.7%32,260
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic39.8%22,218
Robert F KennedyIndependent1.3%737
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%358
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%305
R
41.4%Biden23,445
56.5%Trump31,993
2.1%
R+15.1
D+6.7
R+19.5
56,652
R
34.7%Clinton17,169
56.5%Trump27,970
8.9%
R+21.8
R+3.2
R+23.9
49,536
R
39.2%Obama16,757
57.8%Romney24,720
3.0%
R+18.6
R+14.6
R+22.5
42,774
R
47.1%Obama21,265
51.1%McCain23,100
1.8%
R+4.1
D+7.3
R+11.3
45,171
R
43.9%Kerry20,276
55.2%Bush25,525
0.9%
R+11.4
R+0.6
R+8.9
46,235
R
42.6%Gore16,118
53.4%Bush20,202
3.9%
R+10.8
R+19.4
R+11.3
37,806
D
47.5%Clinton17,643
38.9%Dole14,446
13.6%
D+8.6
R+1.1
D+0.1
37,126
D
46.2%Clinton18,075
36.5%Bush14,260
17.3%
D+9.8
D+8.0
D+4.2
39,118
D
50.7%Dukakis18,535
49.0%Bush17,895
0.3%
D+1.8
D+13.5
D+9.5
36,534
R
44.0%Mondale17,290
55.8%Reagan21,927
0.2%
R+11.8
R+10.2
D+6.4
39,305
R
44.6%Carter17,200
46.1%Reagan17,800
9.3%
R+1.6
R+12.3
D+8.2
38,572
D
55.4%Carter21,758
44.6%Ford17,546
0.0%
D+10.7
D+39.1
D+8.7
39,304
R
35.8%McGovern13,698
64.2%Nixon24,565
0.0%
R+28.4
R+35.0
R+5.2
38,263
D
50.2%Humphrey17,148
43.6%Nixon14,897
6.2%
D+6.6
R+31.9
D+7.3
34,162
D
69.3%Johnson23,622
30.7%Goldwater10,488
0.0%
D+38.5
D+41.6
D+15.9
34,110
R
48.5%Kennedy17,324
51.5%Nixon18,431
0.0%
R+3.1
D+17.8
R+3.3
35,755
R
39.5%Stevenson14,381
60.5%Eisenhower21,999
0.0%
R+20.9
R+11.3
R+5.5
36,380
R
45.2%Stevenson17,430
54.8%Eisenhower21,170
0.0%
R+9.7
R+10.7
D+1.1
38,600
D
50.1%Truman15,665
49.1%Dewey15,349
0.8%
D+1.0
D+11.1
R+3.5
31,279
R
45.0%Roosevelt13,426
55.0%Dewey16,432
0.0%
R+10.1
R+7.6
R+17.6
29,858
R
48.7%Roosevelt17,670
51.3%Willkie18,580
0.0%
R+2.5
R+10.2
R+12.5
36,250
D
53.6%Roosevelt19,087
46.0%Landon16,364
0.4%
D+7.7
D+6.3
R+16.6
35,579
D
49.7%Roosevelt15,191
48.3%Hoover14,776
2.0%
D+1.4
D+39.3
R+16.4
30,567
R
30.5%Smith8,537
68.5%Hoover19,147
1.0%
R+38.0
R+12.5
R+20.5
27,950
R
31.6%Davis7,422
57.0%Coolidge13,390
11.4%
R+25.4
D+15.0
R+0.2
23,485
R
28.5%Cox5,592
68.9%Harding13,502
2.5%
R+40.4
R+11.6
R+14.2
19,588
R
33.9%Wilson3,921
62.6%Hughes7,250
3.5%
R+28.8
R+36.3
R+31.9
11,573
O
31.5%Wilson3,518
24.0%Taft2,677
44.5%
Roosevelt +12.9
D+43.0
R+12.0
11,155
R
29.6%Bryan3,212
65.0%Taft7,059
5.4%
R+35.4
D+6.4
R+25.9
10,858
R
27.7%Parker2,838
69.5%Roosevelt7,123
2.9%
R+41.8
R+2.3
R+22.1
10,255
R
29.5%Bryan2,900
69.0%McKinley6,778
1.4%
R+39.5
R+2.2
R+32.0
9,817
R
30.9%Bryan2,813
68.2%McKinley6,212
1.0%
R+37.3
R+9.3
R+31.2
9,113
R
34.5%Cleveland2,828
62.6%Harrison5,121
2.9%
R+28.0
—
R+29.7
8,187
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
37.7%20,749
56.0%30,862
55,078
2020
R
36.8%20,527
57.6%32,093
55,763
2018
D
52.5%21,696
40.8%16,861
41,312
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+8.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+18.0
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 9.8 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Morgantown, WV in Morgantown, WV: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,326
2012
+1,331
2013
+511
2014
+482
2015
−20
2016
−14
2017
−373
2018
−797
2019
−414
2021
+358
2022
−96
2023
+73
2024
+140
2025
−76
Home to West Virginia University, the Morgantown metro consistently posts Democratic margins that stand apart from the broader rightward shift West Virginia has made over the past two decades, driven by a younger, degree-holding residential base.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 38.5 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 41.8 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.0 points.
A population of 141,323, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,508 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State College, PA and Laramie, WY.
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How did Morgantown, WV, West Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Morgantown, WV, West Virginia voted Republican by 18.0 points (R+18.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 55,878 votes cast, 22,218 went Democratic and 32,260 went Republican.
When did Morgantown, WV, West Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Morgantown, WV, West Virginia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Morgantown, WV, West Virginia?
Morgantown, WV, West Virginia has a population of 141,323 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Morgantown, WV, West Virginia?
Median household income in Morgantown, WV, West Virginia is $64,508 — below the national median of $80,734. The West Virginia state median is $59,608.
What is the political history of Morgantown, WV, West Virginia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Morgantown, WV, West Virginia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
