Brookhaven vs Cheat Lake

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

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

Cheat Lake has the higher population (10,485 vs 6,465 in Brookhaven). Cheat Lake has the higher median household income ($111,379 vs $84,962 in Brookhaven). Cheat Lake has the higher median home value ($345,500 vs $254,500 in Brookhaven).

Population, income & housing

	Brookhaven	Cheat Lake
Population	6,465	10,485
Median age	36.6 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,962	$111,379
Median home value	$254,500	$345,500
Median gross rent	$1,077	$1,113
Housing units	2,476	4,555
Homeownership rate	80.5%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	58.7%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookhaven	Cheat Lake
Population	6,043 → 6,465 (+7.0%)	9,251 → 10,485 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $84,962 (+17.2%)	$89,310 → $111,379 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$207,700 → $254,500 (+22.5%)	$298,900 → $345,500 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $1,077 (+50.2%)	$908 → $1,113 (+22.6%)

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

Cheat Lake

Population

9,25110,485

Median household income

$89,310$111,379

Median home value

$298,900$345,500

Median gross rent

$908$1,113

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookhaven	Cheat Lake
Under 5	9.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	19.1%	16.6%
45 to 54	6.3%	16.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.3%
75 and over	4.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookhaven	Cheat Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookhaven	Cheat Lake
No high school diploma	9.4%	2.3%
High school graduate	32.0%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	36.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookhaven	Cheat Lake
Drove alone	75.0%	79.5%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	11.6%
Other means	4.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookhaven	Cheat Lake
1-unit, detached	80.3%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Brookhaven	Cheat Lake
Poverty rate	10.2%	5.4%
Average household size	2.79	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1991	1993