County · West Virginia

Monongalia County, West Virginia

Monongalia County, West Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 69 out of 100 (high), ranking #980 of 3,143 US counties. Within West Virginia it ranks #2 of 55 counties. It ranks best on dentists (high), primary care physicians (high) and bachelor's degree or higher (high). It ranks worst on income inequality (Gini index) (high), voter turnout (low) and depression (high).

69High

Quality-of-life score: #980 of 3,143 counties
West Virginia: #2 of 55 in WV
Population: 107,991 (2025)
Land area: 360 mi²
Density: 299.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 54061

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 80 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety78#679/3,096
Economy57#1,356/3,143
Housing14#2,716/3,140
Health52#1,495/3,144
Healthcare83#523/3,143
Environment50#1,545/3,108
Education92#263/3,144
Infrastructure87#419/3,144
Community31#2,161/3,144
Leisure & amenities87#406/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Monongalia County, West Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Dentists · high140 /100k
99/100West Virginia 60 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Primary care physicians · high155 /100k
99/100West Virginia 80 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Bachelor's degree or higher · high48.9%
97/100West Virginia 24.1%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Distance to an emergency room · low3.3 mi
94/100West Virginia 6.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.0 /10k
94/100West Virginia 0.8 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Some college · high76.5%
93/100West Virginia 56.7%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.515
2/100West Virginia 0.471United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Voter turnout · low48.1%
5/100West Virginia 54.6%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Depression · high28.7%
5/100West Virginia 31.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Drug overdose deaths · high20.4 /100k
5/100West Virginia 36.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Dental care shortage · high19.0
7/100West Virginia 15.5United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Rent as share of income · high32.9%
9/100West Virginia 29.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Suicide rateWorsening
9.4 /100k (2021) → 16.7 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+78%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k
New homes permittedImproving
0.1 /1k (2021) → 0.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+76%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
46.9 /100k (2021) → 20.4 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−57%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Child care cost burdenImproving
36.3% (2020 & 2021) → 27.4% (2023 & 2024)
−8.9 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Homicide rateImproving
3.6 /100k (2021) → 2.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−44%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Mental health providersImproving
294 /100k (2021) → 417 /100k (2025)
+42%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Monongalia County, West Virginia improved on 11 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 18 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Restaurants+28%11.3 /10k → 14.5 /10k
Bachelor's++6.1 points42.8% → 48.9%
Arts & recreation+34%6.5 /10k → 8.7 /10k
Overdose deaths−43%35.9 /100k → 20.4 /100k
Unemployment−2.9 points6.3% → 3.4%

Declined1

Transit use−1.6 points2.6% → 1.1%

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Monongalia County, West Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	6.5 /10k2020	8.7 /10k2025	+34%	Improved	84%
Average commute time	20.9 min2015-2019	21.0 min2020-2024	+0.1 min	Within the margin of error	56%
Average weekly wage	$1,1052020	$1,3092025	+18%	Improved	16%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.8%2015-2019	48.9%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Improved	91%
Broadband subscriptions	86.1%2015-2019	90.2%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Improved	7%
Child poverty rate	14.2%2019	12.7%2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Distance to an airport	61 mi2020	61 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	35.9 /100k2020	20.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−43%	Improved	68%
Effective property tax rate	0.53%2015-2019	0.45%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	36%
Firearm deaths	14.2 /100k2020	12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−15%	Within the margin of error	71%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−30%	Within the margin of error	12%
Gyms and fitness centers	2.0 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+2.7%	Within the margin of error	56%
High school diploma or higher	92.4%2015-2019	94.6%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Home price to income ratio	3.9×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	72%
Homicide rate	3.4 /100k2020	2.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−41%	Within the margin of error	65%
Income adjusted for local prices	$51,7112019	$64,9362024	+26%	Improved	15%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5262015-2019	0.5152020-2024	−0.011	Within the margin of error	72%
Median household income	$55,6522019	$67,2592024	+21%	Improved	28%
New business applications	8.3 /1k2020	10.9 /1k2025	+31%	Improved	33%
Pharmacies	2.1 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	+2.5%	Within the margin of error	78%
Poverty rate	19.1%2019	18.1%2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Property crime rate	1,437 /100k2020	840 /100k2025	−42%	Improved	60%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−1.5%	Within the margin of error	46%
Public transit commuters	2.6%2015-2019	1.1%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Declined	11%
Rent as share of income	31.7%2015-2019	32.9%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Rent-burdened households	52.5%2015-2019	54.2%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Restaurants and bars	11.3 /10k2020	14.5 /10k2025	+28%	Improved	89%
Students per teacher	14.9×2019	14.3×2024	−0.6×	Little change	47%
Suicide rate	12.3 /100k2020	16.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+36%	Within the margin of error	10%
Traffic deaths	10.6 /100k2015-2019	9.5 /100k2020-2024	−9.9%	Within the margin of error	68%
Unemployment rate	6.3%2020	3.4%2025	−2.9 points	Improved	59%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.9%2019	6.5%2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Violent crime rate	165 /100k2020	158 /100k2025	−4.1%	Within the margin of error	37%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Monongalia County, West Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Monongalia County, West Virginia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Monongalia County, West Virginia itself moved +0.4 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

107,163 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (−1.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

107,163 residents

Monongalia County, West Virginia
West Virginia share

White86%91,918
Black3.1%3,334
Hispanic or Latino3.2%3,397

Education

66,507 residents (±80)

Monongalia County, West Virginia
West Virginia share

No high school diploma5.4%3,559
High school or GED25%16,794
Some college15%9,654

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

44,629 households (±560)

Monongalia County, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under $25k21%9,317
$25k–50k20%8,937
$50k–75k15%6,673
$75k–100k11%4,848
$100k–150k13%6,012
$150k–200k8.4%3,768
$200k or more11%5,074

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−5.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

44,629 households (±560)

Monongalia County, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Own58%25,818
Rent42%18,811

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

17,866 households (±900)

Monongalia County, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under $75023%4,097
$750–1,00029%5,124
$1,000–1,50033%5,850

Home values

25,818 homes (±748)

Monongalia County, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under $150k20%5,097
$150k–250k26%6,709
$250k–400k32%8,179

Age of homes

49,932 homes (±94)

Monongalia County, West Virginia
West Virginia share

2010 or later16%8,141
2000–200919%9,504
1980–199924%11,922

Size of homes

49,932 homes (±94)

Monongalia County, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Studio2.7%†1,335
1 bedroom11%5,384
2 bedrooms29%14,561

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

54,924 workers (±1,303)

Monongalia County, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Drive alone71%39,179
Carpool7.9%4,352
Public transit1.1%†594
Walk4.8%2,626
Bike0.1%†80
Work from home13%7,376
Other1.3%†717

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+8.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

47,548 workers (±1,297)

Monongalia County, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under 15 min36%16,906
15–29 min41%19,512
30–44 min13%6,318

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Morgantown, WV

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Monongalia County has 2,481 employer establishments, 231 for every 10,000 residents (0.93× the US rate of 248; 1.14× West Virginia's), with 50,567 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,662. The Census Bureau also counts 6,824 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,481; 6,824 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 231; US 248 · West Virginia 202
Paid employees: 50,567
Average annual pay: $58,662; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Monongalia County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	252	23.5	1.28×More than typical	5,244	$20,163	29
Ambulatory health care services	202	18.8	0.90×About typical	6,218	$125,778	381
Lessors of real estate	151	14.1	1.14×About typical	644	$50,054	887
Specialty trade contractors	120	11.2	0.72×Fewer than typical	1,369	$63,304	283
Limited-service restaurants	117	10.9	1.36×More than typical	2,044	$18,442	14
Full-service restaurants	109	10.1	1.32×More than typical	2,781	$22,074	9
Construction of buildings	101	9.4	1.24×About typical	594	$58,640	147
Legal services	68	6.3	1.18×About typical	385	$80,039	107
Religious organizations	66	6.1	1.11×About typical	403	$22,695	—
Offices of physicians	60	5.6	0.86×About typical	3,354	$169,717	112
Services to buildings and dwellings	60	5.6	0.83×About typical	590	$27,224	271
Offices of other health practitioners	56	5.2	0.86×About typical	395	$40,987	204

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 107,450 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $413M on contracts performed in Monongalia County, West Virginia: $3,824 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $413M; −4.2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $3,824; US $2,007
Sole-source: 4.5%; US 30%
Single offer: 5.8%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Energy$326.5M79%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$38.5M9.3%
Department of the Army$18.6M4.5%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$9.7M2.4%
U.S. Marshals Service$8.8M2.1%
Department of the Air Force$6.7M1.6%
Federal Acquisition Service$2.9M0.7%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$742.6K0.2%

Top recipients

LEIDOS, INC.$153.4M37%
KBC ENERGY SOLUTIONS LLC$44.4M11%
WASEYABEK FEDERAL SERVICES, L.L.C.$38.6M9.3%
ACTION FACILITIES MANAGEMENT INC$37.6M9.1%
KEYLOGIC, LLC$36.6M8.9%

Spending by fiscal year

233.5MFY2017
261.4MFY2018
266.1MFY2019
289.6MFY2020
317.8MFY2021
296.4MFY2022
435.7MFY2023
511M

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$177.1M43%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$88.1M21%
Facilities support services · 5612$79.5M19%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$39.5M9.6%
General medical and surgical hospitals · 6221$9.2M2.2%

Largest awards

RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES (RSS)$1.1B
LEIDOS, INC.· Monongalia County, WV· Professional services· Jun 25, 2018 – Sep 25, 2026· 89243318CFE000003
" " DE-SOL-0005388 MISSION EXECUTION AND AND STRATEGIC ANALYSIS (MESA) SUPPORT SERVICES$291.3M
KEYLOGIC, LLC· Monongalia County, WV· Professional services· Nov 8, 2016 – Sep 28, 2026· DEFE0025912
SITE OPERATIONS SUPPORT SERVICES IV (SOS IV) NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY SBA REQUIREMENT NUMBER - 0390/19/900028/01$226.8M
WE2 SUPPORT SERVICES 8A JV LLC· Monongalia County, WV· Facilities & utilities· Dec 19, 2019 – Jul 8, 2026· 89243320CFE000041
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS SUPPORT SERVICES

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $603M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Monongalia County, West Virginia: $5,584 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $603M; +1.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,584; US $12,975
Loan face value: $13.8M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$302.5M50%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$44.3M7.3%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$35.6M5.9%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$32.8M5.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$29.1M4.8%
20.937 · National Infrastructure Project Assistance (Mega Projects)$24.4M4.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$13.4M2.2%
93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$11.5M1.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION$54.2M9.0%
MORGANTOWN, WV
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY$45.2M7.5%
MORGANTOWN, WV
WVDOT DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS$40.4M6.7%
CHARLESTON, WV
CITY OF MORGANTOWN$7M1.2%
MORGANTOWN, WV
SKYWEST AIRLINES INC$5.8M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$377.9M63%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$53.1M8.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$41.2M6.8%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$40.6M6.7%
National Institutes of Health$32.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

638.4MFY2021
580.2MFY2022
593.6MFY2023
644.4MFY2024
595.3MFY2025
603MFY2026

County aggregates

72%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Monongalia County, West Virginia compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Monongalia County, West Virginia
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Monongalia County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Monongalia County, West Virginia	United States
FY2017	$2,201	$1,436
FY2018	$2,468	$1,552
FY2019	$2,504	$1,654
FY2020	$2,734	$1,880
FY2021	$2,983	$1,810
FY2022	$2,775	$1,917
FY2023	$4,055	$2,079
FY2024	$4,734	$2,047
FY2025	$3,990	$2,165
FY2026	$3,824 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Monongalia County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Monongalia County, West Virginia	United States
FY2017	$45.64	$93.28
FY2018	$101	$105
FY2019	$74.38	$128
FY2020	$111	$145
FY2021	$273	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Monongalia County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Monongalia County, West Virginia	United States
FY2021	$5,133	$5,748
FY2022	$4,508	$5,221
FY2023	$5,645	$5,364
FY2024	$6,527	$5,501
FY2025	$4,915	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Monongalia County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Monongalia County, West Virginia	United States
FY2021	$231	$298
FY2022	$704	$357
FY2023	$161	$301
FY2024	$401	$319
FY2025	$315	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Monongalia County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Monongalia County, West Virginia	United States
FY2021	$31.41	$239
FY2022	$27.70	$185
FY2023	$134	$229
FY2024	$47.13	$229
FY2025	$32.96	$249
FY2026

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Monongalia County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Monongalia County, West Virginia	United States
FY2021	$450	$2,304
FY2022	$261	$2,197
FY2023	$551	$2,274
FY2024	$640	$2,267
FY2025	$293	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Monongalia County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Monongalia County, West Virginia	United States
FY2021	$843	$1,186
FY2022	$344	$465
FY2023	$10.55	$76.52
FY2024	$98.59	$120
FY2025	$58.74	$148
FY2026

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Monongalia County, West Virginia
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Monongalia County, West Virginia and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Monongalia County, West Virginia	United States
2014

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Housing assistance · FY2023

$134 per resident in FY2023, against an earlier average of $29.56 (4.5× that).

Compared with 13 similar counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/54061

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Monongalia County, West Virginia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Riley M. MooreR-WV-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.8%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Monongalia County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Morgantown, WV70Central county

Cities and towns in Monongalia County

Places whose residents live mostly in Monongalia County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-09
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/54061

Calendar years	Monongalia County, West Virginia	United States
2014	−4.9%	−4.2%
2015	−1.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.2%	+3.3%
2018	+7.2%	+6.8%
2019	+10.1%	+10.5%
2020	+19.2%	+19.4%
2021	+20.9%	+26.1%
2022	+26.1%	+30.6%
2023	+31.3%	+35.0%
2024	+36.6%	+41.0%
2025	+41.2%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Monongalia County, West Virginia	United States
2014	−2.8%	−5.5%
2015	+1.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.0%	+4.1%
2018	+10.8%	+8.9%
2019	+14.2%	+13.5%
2020	+18.9%	+20.8%
2021	+28.8%	+32.1%
2022	+34.0%	+35.4%
2023	+41.9%	+42.9%
2024	+46.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Monongalia County, West Virginia	United States
2014	1.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.6/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.2/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.1/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.1/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Monongalia County, West Virginia	United States
2014	−11.8%	−6.9%
2015	−6.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.8%	+4.7%
2018	+2.7%	+7.5%
2019	+11.9%	+14.0%
2020	+12.3%	+16.9%
2021	+14.0%	+21.0%
2022	+18.8%	+29.7%
2023	+25.3%	+34.9%
2024	+35.3%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Monongalia County, West Virginia	United States
2014	22.5%	15.5%
2015	19.6%	14.7%
2016	18.5%	14.0%
2017	17.3%	13.4%
2018	18.3%	13.1%
2019	19.1%	12.3%
2020	15.2%	11.9%
2021	18.3%	12.8%
2022	18.6%	12.6%
2023	18.3%	12.5%
2024	18.1%	12.1%

Calendar years	Monongalia County, West Virginia	United States
2014	4.3%	6.2%
2015	4.6%	5.3%
2016	4.3%	4.9%
2017	3.7%	4.4%
2018	4.0%	3.9%
2019	3.7%	3.7%
2020	6.3%	8.1%
2021	4.1%	5.4%
2022	3.5%	3.7%
2023	3.1%	3.6%
2024	3.2%	4.0%
2025	3.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	Monongalia County, West Virginia	United States
2014	−5.3% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	+0.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+3.9% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+3.7% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+11.3% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+16.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+22.1% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+25.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+28.2% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+28.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Monongalia County, West Virginia	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+0.9% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+3.3% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+6.6% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+10.2% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+16.5% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+24.8% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+29.5% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+34.7% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+38.5% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Monongalia County, West Virginia	United States
2014	9.7%	13.5%
2015	6.1%	10.9%
2016	6.6%	10.0%
2017	7.2%	10.2%
2018	7.4%	10.4%
2019	6.9%	10.8%
2020	9.2%	10.4%
2021	7.5%	10.2%
2022	6.2%	9.5%
2023	6.2%	9.5%
2024	6.5%	9.8%

Calendar years	Monongalia County, West Virginia	United States
2014	6.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.4/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.8/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.3/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.3/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.1/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.3/1k	15.4/1k
2025	10.9/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Monongalia County, West Virginia	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−8.8%	−12.8%	−14.2% to −10.8%
Year −2	−4.4%	−3.2%	−5.5% to −2.3%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+2.7%	+2.6%	−5.3% to +5.7%
Year +1	+5.1%	+5.2%	−3.3% to +12.0%
Year +2	+5.7%	+4.6%	−8.8% to +15.2%

Year	Monongalia County, West Virginia	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+1.3 points	+0.4 points	−0.7 points to +1.8 points
Year −2	−1.0 points	−2.2 points	−5.7 points to +0.1 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−1.2 points	+1.9 points	−0.8 points to +7.9 points
Year +1	−2.3 points	−0.5 points	−3.0 points to +8.0 points

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined1

Counties like Monongalia County, West Virginia five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

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Household income

Homes

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Federal grants & assistance

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County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 13 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Monongalia County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved11

Declined1

House

Senate

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 13 similar counties

Household income

Compared with 8 similar counties

Jumps not compared

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

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Time to get to work

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Top recipients