Home values, rents and more in the Morgantown metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Morgantown metro compares
The typical home in the Morgantown metro area is worth about $225,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Morgantown metro are 27% above the typical value in West Virginia ($177,000) and 39% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Morgantown metro rose 3.4%, compared with +2.6% in West Virginia and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,354 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 11% above West Virginia ($1,223) and 30% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.7% over the past year.
The median household income is $64,640, against $59,608 in West Virginia and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 141,995 people live in the Morgantown metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Morgantown metro has the 345th-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the highest of 11 in West Virginia with Zillow figures.
Part of: West Virginia
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Morgantown metro
Cities in the Morgantown metro
- Morgantown, WV $282,000
- Westover, WV $193,000
- Kingwood, WV $91,599
- Star City, WV $224,000
- Terra Alta, WV $172,000
- Granville, WV $128,000
- Cassville, WV $245,000
- Rowlesburg, WV $90,538
- Masontown, WV $174,000
- Reedsville, WV $198,000
- Tunnelton, WV $113,000
- Aurora, WV $133,000
- Albright, WV $110,000
- Newburg, WV $108,000
- Blacksville, WV $133,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.