Brookhaven vs Westover

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

Brookhaven and Westover 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 4,007 in Westover). Brookhaven has the higher median household income ($84,962 vs $58,333 in Westover). Brookhaven has the higher median home value ($254,500 vs $179,500 in Westover).

Population, income & housing

	Brookhaven	Westover
Population	6,465	4,007
Median age	36.6 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$84,962	$58,333
Median home value	$254,500	$179,500
Median gross rent	$1,077	$895
Housing units	2,476	2,052
Homeownership rate	80.5%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookhaven	Westover
Population	6,043 → 6,465 (+7.0%)	4,196 → 4,007 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $84,962 (+17.2%)	$44,139 → $58,333 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$207,700 → $254,500 (+22.5%)	$145,400 → $179,500 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $1,077 (+50.2%)	$750 → $895 (+19.3%)

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

Westover

Population

4,1964,007

Median household income

$44,139$58,333

Median home value

$145,400$179,500

Median gross rent

$750$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookhaven	Westover
Under 5	9.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	9.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	19.2%
35 to 44	19.1%	19.2%
45 to 54	6.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.2%
75 and over	4.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookhaven	Westover
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	5.4%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookhaven	Westover
No high school diploma	9.4%	7.8%
High school graduate	32.0%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookhaven	Westover
Drove alone	75.0%	72.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	14.8%
Public transit	0.5%	2.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	5.4%
Other means	4.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookhaven	Westover
1-unit, detached	80.3%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	21.2%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookhaven	Westover
Poverty rate	10.2%	12.4%
Average household size	2.79	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1991	1957