Best PlacesMorgantown, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Morgantown, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Morgantown ranks 44,371st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Morgantown
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Morgantown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Morgantown ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 89% of towns
Where Morgantown ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$22,009 median, better than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Morgantown
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Morgantown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $22,009, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Morgantown's effective rate of 0.57%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Morgantown
Morgantown runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Morgantown.
Who works in Morgantown, and how
Work in Morgantown centers on manufacturing and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Morgantown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Morgantown.
What the weather is like in Morgantown, month by month
Morgantown sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Morgantown
The nearest airport, Rickenbacker International, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Morgantown
Schools across Morgantown average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Western PrimaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Western Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Western High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Morgantown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Morgantown measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Morgantown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Morgantown
Is Morgantown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Morgantown ranks 44,371st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, cheap car insurance, and civic engagement, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Morgantown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $162,200. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $22,009 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Morgantown safe?
Morgantown is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $537 per resident a year.
Compare Morgantown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Morgantown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Morgantown represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Morgantown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Morgantown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Morgantown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Morgantown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Morgantown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Morgantown detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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