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Morgantown, WV Real Estate

Morgantown is a city in Monongalia County, GR6 West Virginia, on the banks of the Monongahela River. Part of the Pittsburgh DMA, Morgantown is the largest city in North-Central West Virginia and is the principal city of and is included in the Morgantown, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat, it is best known as the home both of West Virginia University and of a one-of-a-kind, experimental personal rapid transit system. The city was founded by Zackquill Morgan in 1772.

As of July 2005, the MSA had an estimated population of 114,501. Morgantown itself had a population 26,809 at the 2000 census. (2005 estimate: 28,292) [ citation needed ] West Virginia University constitutes 913 acres (3.7 km ) of the city and vicinity, and with the fall 2005 enrollment added an additional population of 26,051 students from every state, the District of Columbia, and 89 other nations.

During the 1970s, the U.S. Department of Transportation built an experimental personal rapid transit system in the city, citing the area's variety of seasonal climates and geographic elevations as factors in testing the technology's viability. The Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) has been in use since 1975.

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$100,000 Morgantown, WV Single Family 3/2 1300 6.5
$279,900 Morgantown, WV Single Family 4/3 2400 7.4
$180,000 Morgantown, WV Condo/Townhome 3/2 1480 7.4
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$595,000 Morgantown, WV Single Family 6/5 5000 7.4
$179,500 Morgantown, WV Condo/Townhome 3/2 1500 7.4
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$315,000 Fairmont, WV Single Family 3/2 3700 10.0
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$161,500 Fairmont, WV Single Family 3/2 1800 10.0
$169,000 Morgantown, WV Condo/Townhome 2/2 1400 10.0
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$159,900 Morgantown, WV Single Family 5/2 2400 10.0
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$215,000 Morgantown, WV Single Family 3/2 1800 10.0
$289,000 Morgantown, WV Single Family 3/2 2224 10.0
$79,500 Worthington, WV Single Family 3/2 2500 13.6
$82,000 Shinnston, WV Single Family 3/2 1838 19.5
$125,000 15 Acres Farm Land, WV Farm/Ranch 0/0 0 20.8
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$99,500 Clarksburg, WV Single Family 3/2 1750 24.1
$165,000 Enterprise, WV Single Family 3/1 1960 25.9
$145,000 Kingwood, WV Single Family 4/2 2416 26.0
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$115,000 Kingwood, WV Single Family 2/2 1480 26.0

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Morgantown, WV information

State:West Virginia
Country:Monongalia
Area Code:304
FIPS:54061
TimeZone:EST
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Morgantown, WV Neighborhood Info

 

Natl. average

Morgantown, WV

Population: 293,655,40028,161
Household size:
Persons per household
2.602.1

Housing

Home appreciation:
Most recent 12 months
9.8%10.9%
House purchase cost:
Median sales value
$217,200$145,400
Commute time:
in minutes
27.417.7

Economy

Cost of Living index:
higher rate = higher costs
100.091.9
Recent Job Growth:
Most recent 12 months
1.4%1.3%
Unemployment Rate: 4.6%3.1%
Future Job Growth:
projected job growth to 2010
11.9%4.8%
Income Taxes:
highest marginal tax bracket
5.22%6%
Sales Taxes:
total local, county, state sales tax
6.0%6%

Education

Pupil/teacher ratio:
number of students per teacher
15.916
Graduation rate:
percent graduated from high school
79.6%89%
School spending:
total dollars for each student
$6,058$6438.0000
College grads-adv. deg.:
percent with graduate and prof. degrees
7.2%26.5%
College grads-4 yr.:
percent graduated from 4 yr. colleges
15.2%21.7%

Crime

Property crime index:
1 (least) to 10 (most)
36
Violent crime index:
1 (least) to 10 (most)
34

Health

Doctors per capita:
M.D.s per 10,000 population
169.7865.7
Air quality index:
higher number = better air quality
48.039
Health costs index:
higher rate = higher costs
100.094.6
Watershed quality index:
higher=better (not drinking water)
55.044

Climate

Altitude:
in feet
1,058975
Snowfall:
inches annually
24.037
Rainfall:
inches annually
39.041
Precipitation days:
days annually with some precipitation
112162
Summer temperature:
average high temp in July (deg F)
86.984.5
Winter temperature:
average low temp in January (deg F)
21.718.1
Sunny days:
days annually with few clouds
205155

Cities within 10 miles of Morgantown, West Virginia

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Morgantown, ZIP Codes

26501, 26502, 26504, 26505, 26506, 26507, 26508,