Brookhaven vs Granville

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

Brookhaven and Granville 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 1,215 in Granville). Brookhaven has the higher median household income ($84,962 vs $32,015 in Granville). Brookhaven has the higher median home value ($254,500 vs $135,400 in Granville).

Population, income & housing

	Brookhaven	Granville
Population	6,465	1,215
Median age	36.6 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$84,962	$32,015
Median home value	$254,500	$135,400
Median gross rent	$1,077	$789
Housing units	2,476	675
Homeownership rate	80.5%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookhaven	Granville
Population	6,043 → 6,465 (+7.0%)	2,735 → 1,215 (-55.6%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $84,962 (+17.2%)	$28,080 → $32,015 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$207,700 → $254,500 (+22.5%)	$70,800 → $135,400 (+91.2%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $1,077 (+50.2%)	$733 → $789 (+7.6%)

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

Granville

Population

2,7351,215

Median household income

$28,080$32,015

Median home value

$70,800$135,400

Median gross rent

$733$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookhaven	Granville
Under 5	9.7%	1.7%
5 to 17	18.1%	4.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	42.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	18.1%
35 to 44	19.1%	4.1%
45 to 54	6.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	5.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.2%
75 and over	4.8%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookhaven	Granville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	2.7%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookhaven	Granville
No high school diploma	9.4%	13.0%
High school graduate	32.0%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookhaven	Granville
Drove alone	75.0%	79.9%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	9.8%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookhaven	Granville
1-unit, detached	80.3%	31.7%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	29.2%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Brookhaven	Granville
Poverty rate	10.2%	41.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1991	1990