Population

  • Morgantown will be among the fastest growing areas of the state during the next five years for jobs, income and population. This builds on the significant growth recorded during the past five years.

  • The Morgantown area population is forecast to grow by approximately 1,000 per year over the next five years. That’s 9 times the growth rate currently expected for the state!

    • Income

  • Real per Capita income is expected to increase by 3.3 percent yearly over the next five years in the Morgantown area.

    • Growth

  • Job growth in the Morgantown area will be among the fastest in the state with the construction industry likely to post the strongest gains. The local area will net approximately 1,500 new jobs per year. This reflects the large amount of building activity getting under way or planned, including expansions at WVU and the WVU Health Sciences Center.

  • Economists say the growth in Morgantown will be fairly “balanced growth” in all areas like jobs, wages, population and capital investments.

  • Economists attribute the growth to the concentration of higher education, government and health care facilities located in the Morgantown area. Monongalia County leads the state with the number of residents with a bachelor’s degree or better (32.4 percent, 2000 census).