Brookhaven vs Cassville

A side-by-side comparison of Brookhaven and Cassville: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookhaven and Cassville are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brookhaven has the higher population (6,465 vs 900 in Cassville). Cassville has the higher median household income ($117,643 vs $84,962 in Brookhaven). Brookhaven has the higher median home value ($254,500 vs $231,800 in Cassville).

Population, income & housing

	Brookhaven	Cassville
Population	6,465	900
Median age	36.6 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$84,962	$117,643
Median home value	$254,500	$231,800
Median gross rent	$1,077	—
Housing units	2,476	448
Homeownership rate	80.5%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookhaven	Cassville
Population	6,043 → 6,465 (+7.0%)	1,430 → 900 (-37.1%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $84,962 (+17.2%)	$58,678 → $117,643 (+100.5%)
Median home value	$207,700 → $254,500 (+22.5%)	$184,200 → $231,800 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $1,077 (+50.2%)	—

Brookhaven

Population

6,0436,465

Median household income

$72,500$84,962

Median home value

$207,700$254,500

Median gross rent

$717$1,077

Cassville

Population

1,430900

Median household income

$58,678$117,643

Median home value

$184,200$231,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookhaven	Cassville
Under 5	9.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.1%	8.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	2.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	19.0%
35 to 44	19.1%	15.1%
45 to 54	6.3%	21.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	9.3%
65 to 74	8.7%	14.9%
75 and over	4.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookhaven	Cassville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookhaven	Cassville
No high school diploma	9.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.0%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookhaven	Cassville
Drove alone	75.0%	82.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	12.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	5.5%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookhaven	Cassville
1-unit, detached	80.3%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	23.4%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookhaven	Cassville
Poverty rate	10.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1991	2008