MorgantownMS
A town in Mississippi, home to 1,038 people.
Is Morgantown a good place to live?
Morgantown’s weakest subject grade is a D− for health. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. Only 2 of the 102 Mississippi towns we compare have a lower average trip to work than Morgantown. The median household income is $52K, and 19% of residents live below the poverty line. Only 7 of Mississippi’s 187 towns score lower on the outdoors. Morgantown has 23 places on the National Register. Morgantown has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,038 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Morgantown grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Mississippi), ordered by how far Morgantown is from typical.
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Natchez Trace Parkway and 4 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Morgantown. Close and well known come first.
in town ParkwayNatchez Trace Parkway8.0M visitors a year
3 mi MuseumStanton Hall
32 mi National Military ParkVicksburg National Military Park410K visitors a year
4 mi MuseumRosalie Mansion
2 mi National Historical ParkNatchez National Historical Park41K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Natchez Trace Parkway: Carol M. Highsmith (1946–), Public domain · Stanton Hall: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Vicksburg National Military Park: Eoghanacht at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Rosalie Mansion: Elisa Rolle, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Natchez National Historical Park: Calstanhope, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Morgantown: who provides what
Morgantown is unincorporated, so Adams County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Morgantown.
Morgantown is less healthy than 97% of U.S. towns
Morgantown: 43% of adults sleep under 7 hours, above both the Mississippi town median (39%) and the median of U.S. towns (36%). Among 102 Mississippi towns, just 9 have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Morgantown. Add to that, just over a fifth of Morgantown adults have diabetes.
| Morgantown | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 36% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 53% | 45% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 24% | 14% |
| What stands out | Morgantown | MS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 10.5% | 13.6% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.2% | 79.7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 30.6% | 18.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Morgantown’s schools rank behind 58% of Mississippi districts
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the Natchez-Adams School District. 359 students attend Morgantown’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgantown ElementaryLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–6 | Grades 5–6 | 359 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MS on state tests and graduation
Most of Morgantown’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.0 jobs for each of them
The median commute is under 8 miles. The top destinations are Natchez (38%), Hattiesburg (4%) and Jackson (4%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Morgantown brings mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 92°, January nights drop to 38° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Morgantown faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Two fifths of Morgantown’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 26%. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 62% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Morgantown after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2012.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Morgantown sell for about $147K
Morgantown: three quarters of households live in a home they own, where Mississippi’s towns sit at 62% and U.S. towns at 73%. For Morgantown, the going rate for rent is $928 a month.
| Morgantown | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 75% | 62% | 73% |
| Median rent | $928 a month | $905 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Morgantown
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Morgantown; the nearest are
About 8 of every 100 Morgantown residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Mississippi.
100% of working residents leave Morgantown for work
Where Morgantown’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Morgantown
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Morgantown, MS expensive?
The typical home is worth about $95,000, 51% below the Mississippi typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.