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Real estate agents and brokers in the Morgantown, WV metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate agents and brokers in the Morgantown, WV metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #77 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 7 scored metro areas based in West Virginia

Listings
93
6 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
44
+57.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$839.5M
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,615 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
166
66% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.2
47% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
141,995
+1.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in the Morgantown metro area spend about $839.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $14,615 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 66% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate agents and brokers take in.

The Morgantown metro area has 93 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 16.2 for every 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.

Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Morgantown metro area in 2023, up 57.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,305 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $80K has gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Morgantown metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Morgantown metro area grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Morgantown metro area scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #77 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 7 scored metro areas based in West Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Morgantown metro area compares

The same measures for West Virginia and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.

Real estate agents and brokers in Morgantown, WV metro area compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureMorgantown metro areaWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.212.830.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)166199100
Households per official establishment1,3052,640788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+57.1%+22.7%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,615$13,873$16,661
Median household income$64,640$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market score6261

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
44+57.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
85
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
936 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
154The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$80K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Morgantown metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in the Morgantown metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
141,995+1.3% since 2020
Households
57,438
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,009 sq. mi.
People per square mile
140
Median household income
$64,640+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,746
Median home value
$233,000
Jobs located here
71,588
Daytime population
156,475Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate agents and brokers across West Virginia

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The highest-scoring metro areas in West Virginia for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in West Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Morgantown metro area marked.

Top metro areas in West Virginia

Metro areas in West Virginia ranked for real estate agents and brokers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV7026022.0127+7.1%#42 of 387
1Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH621519.9254−2.6%#76 of 387
2Morgantown, WV629316.2166+1.3%#77 of 387
3Beckley, WV60398.7277−4.3%#81 of 387
4Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH60459.1264−3.6%#82 of 387
5Charleston, WV6010912.5204−4.7%#83 of 387
6Wheeling, WV-OH586911.9205−3.6%#101 of 387
7Parkersburg-Vienna, WV576617.4144−2.3%#114 of 387
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV478,99537.992+3.3%#214 of 387
Winchester, VA-WV4618433.188+6.5%#225 of 387

Other business types in the Morgantown metro area

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Questions

How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Morgantown, WV metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 93 real estate agents and brokers in the Morgantown metro area. 6 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 57.1% from 2019.

How much do households in the Morgantown, WV metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $839.5M a year, or $14,615 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 93 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 66% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate agents and brokers take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 57,438 households in the Morgantown metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Morgantown, WV metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?

The Morgantown metro area has 16.2 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 166, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Morgantown metro area would have about 154, against 93 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,305 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 57.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Morgantown, WV metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Morgantown metro area at 141,995 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 57,438 households. Median household income in the Morgantown metro area is $64,640, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Morgantown metro area scores 62 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #77 of 387 scored metro areas.

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