Brookhaven vs Star City

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

Brookhaven and Star City 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 1,894 in Star City). Brookhaven has the higher median household income ($84,962 vs $62,031 in Star City). Star City has the higher median home value ($256,800 vs $254,500 in Brookhaven).

Population, income & housing

	Brookhaven	Star City
Population	6,465	1,894
Median age	36.6 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,962	$62,031
Median home value	$254,500	$256,800
Median gross rent	$1,077	$989
Housing units	2,476	947
Homeownership rate	80.5%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	53.6%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookhaven	Star City
Population	6,043 → 6,465 (+7.0%)	2,160 → 1,894 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $84,962 (+17.2%)	$45,199 → $62,031 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$207,700 → $254,500 (+22.5%)	$164,400 → $256,800 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $1,077 (+50.2%)	$809 → $989 (+22.2%)

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

Star City

Population

2,1601,894

Median household income

$45,199$62,031

Median home value

$164,400$256,800

Median gross rent

$809$989

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookhaven	Star City
Under 5	9.7%	2.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	10.2%
18 to 24	5.9%	16.9%
25 to 34	14.1%	23.2%
35 to 44	19.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	6.3%	7.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.4%
75 and over	4.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookhaven	Star City
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookhaven	Star City
No high school diploma	9.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	32.0%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookhaven	Star City
Drove alone	75.0%	66.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	13.5%
Public transit	0.5%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	16.0%
Other means	4.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookhaven	Star City
1-unit, detached	80.3%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	20.5%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	16.3%
20 or more units	0.9%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Brookhaven	Star City
Poverty rate	10.2%	15.7%
Average household size	2.79	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1991	1988