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Brooke County, WV

Demographic and economic profile of Brooke County, WV, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Brooke County is a small northern West Virginia county of 22,053 residents with a labor force participation rate of just 54.6% and an unemployment rate of 6.0%, reflecting a constrained and older workforce with a median age of 46.6 years and 21.9% holding a bachelor's degree or higher. Worker earnings are modest at $36,227 median, while housing costs remain low—median home value of $127,700 and median gross rent of $603/month support a 74.6% homeownership rate. The county has shed 3.2% of its population over five years, and a GDP per capita of $43,523 against a per capita income of $32,157 suggests meaningful local output relative to resident income.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

22,053

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$54,316

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

46.6 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

-3.2% since 2018

Brooke County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone20,236 (92.8%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race665 (3.0%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races388 (1.8%)
  • Black or African American Alone327 (1.5%)
  • Asian Alone144 (0.7%)
  • Some Other Race Alone34 (0.2%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish144
  2. 2.Vietnamese83
  3. 3.Other Indo-European79
  4. 4.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)43
  5. 5.German or other West Germanic43

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

17.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

58.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

24.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

1.5%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

1,159

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$43,523

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

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Per Capita Income

$32,157

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

6.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

12.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance2,524
  2. 2.Retail Trade (Group)1,271
  3. 3.Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodation & Food Services1,056
  4. 4.Manufacturing (Group)976
  5. 5.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services747

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations3,400
  2. 2.Service Occupations1,931
  3. 3.Sales & Office Occupations1,800
  4. 4.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations1,573
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations889

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Retail Trade (LQ 1.39×)1,457
  2. 2.Public Administration (LQ 1.37×)624
  3. 3.Wholesale Trade (LQ 1.30×)289
  4. 4.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 1.28×)197
  5. 5.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.08×)2,433

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$127,700

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$603/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

74.6%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $150,000 to $174,9991,005 (13.9%)
  • $200,000 to $249,999734 (10.2%)
  • $100,000 to $124,999709 (9.8%)
  • $125,000 to $149,999579 (8.0%)
  • $250,000 to $299,999512 (7.1%)
  • $90,000 to $99,999421 (5.8%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

21.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

92.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

54.6%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$36,227

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

24.8 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

7.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone7,520 (81.0%)
  • Carpooled775 (8.4%)
  • Worked At Home678 (7.3%)
  • Walked201 (2.2%)
  • Other67 (0.7%)
  • Public Transit20 (0.2%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.