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Veterinarians in the Morgantown, WV metro area

How the Morgantown, WV metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for veterinarians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #54 of 384 scored metro areas
#1 of 7 scored metro areas based in West Virginia

Listings
15
1 chain location (7%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$49.3M
On pets · $859 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
21% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.6
21% 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 $49.3M a year on pets, or $859 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.3M per clinic, 21% above the U.S. figure of $2.7M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians.

There are 15 veterinarians on map listings in the Morgantown metro area as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.6, 21% below the U.S. rate of 3.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the Morgantown metro area classed as veterinary services. That is one for every 5,744 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Morgantown metro area grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For veterinarians, the Morgantown metro area has a Groundwork market score of 71 (upper middle): #54 of 384 scored metro areas and #1 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. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the veterinarians counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Veterinarians in Morgantown, WV metro area compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureMorgantown metro areaWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.63.03.3
Spending per listing$3.3M$2.6M$2.7M
Households per official establishment5,7444,5543,767
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.3%+6.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$859$788$909
Median household income$64,640$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market score7144

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10
Employees, 2023
279
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
151 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as veterinary services 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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Veterinarians across West Virginia

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The highest-scoring metro areas in West Virginia for veterinarians, 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 veterinarians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV807083.0$4.2M+3.3%#20 of 384
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV78342.9$3.2M+7.1%#26 of 384
1Morgantown, WV71152.6$3.3M+1.3%#54 of 384
2Beckley, WV53102.2$3.2M−4.3%#168 of 384
3Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH52102.0$3.7M−3.6%#177 of 384
Winchester, VA-WV52244.3$2.3M+6.5%#186 of 384
4Charleston, WV51232.6$3M−4.7%#187 of 384
5Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH48412.7$2.9M−2.6%#208 of 384
6Parkersburg-Vienna, WV38143.7$2.1M−2.3%#278 of 384
7Wheeling, WV-OH18244.1$1.8M−3.6%#372 of 384

Other business types in the Morgantown metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many veterinarians are in the Morgantown, WV metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 15 veterinarians in the Morgantown metro area. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in 2023.

How much do households in the Morgantown, WV metro area spend on pets?

About $49.3M a year, or $859 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 veterinarians on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per clinic. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade. 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 veterinarians?

The Morgantown metro area has 2.6 veterinarians per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 3.3. Spending per clinic is $3.3M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $2.7M. At the U.S. ratio of veterinarians to household spending, the Morgantown metro area would have about 18, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,744 households, against one for every 3,767 across 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 71 for veterinarians (upper middle), #54 of 384 scored metro areas.

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