Brookhaven vs Morgantown

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

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

Morgantown has the higher population (30,273 vs 6,465 in Brookhaven). Brookhaven has the higher median household income ($84,962 vs $42,245 in Morgantown). Brookhaven has the higher median home value ($254,500 vs $238,200 in Morgantown).

Population, income & housing

	Brookhaven	Morgantown
Population	6,465	30,273
Median age	36.6 yrs	24.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,962	$42,245
Median home value	$254,500	$238,200
Median gross rent	$1,077	$888
Housing units	2,476	14,179
Homeownership rate	80.5%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	58.1%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookhaven	Morgantown
Population	6,043 → 6,465 (+7.0%)	30,712 → 30,273 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $84,962 (+17.2%)	$42,966 → $42,245 (-1.7%)
Median home value	$207,700 → $254,500 (+22.5%)	$210,300 → $238,200 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $1,077 (+50.2%)	$851 → $888 (+4.3%)

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

Morgantown

Population

30,71230,273

Median household income

$42,966$42,245

Median home value

$210,300$238,200

Median gross rent

$851$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookhaven	Morgantown
Under 5	9.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.1%	6.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	42.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	19.1%	7.9%
45 to 54	6.3%	7.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	8.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	6.1%
75 and over	4.8%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookhaven	Morgantown
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookhaven	Morgantown
No high school diploma	9.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	32.0%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	16.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	32.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookhaven	Morgantown
Drove alone	75.0%	62.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	9.0%
Public transit	0.5%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	12.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	13.9%	12.5%
Other means	4.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookhaven	Morgantown
1-unit, detached	80.3%	44.8%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	22.5%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Brookhaven	Morgantown
Poverty rate	10.2%	33.6%
Average household size	2.79	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1991	1966