Boone County vs Brooke County

A side-by-side comparison of Boone County and Brooke County: population, income, housing, and more.

Boone County and Brooke County are counties in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brooke County has the higher population (22,053 vs 21,312 in Boone County). Boone County has the higher median household income ($56,152 vs $52,116 in Brooke County). Brooke County has the higher median home value ($127,700 vs $90,300 in Boone County).

Population, income & housing

	Boone County	Brooke County
Population	21,312	22,053
Median age	45.0 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,152	$52,116
Median home value	$90,300	$127,700
Median gross rent	$823	$603
Housing units	10,167	10,700
Homeownership rate	79.1%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boone County	Brooke County
Population	22,368 → 21,312 (-4.7%)	22,459 → 22,053 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$40,739 → $56,152 (+37.8%)	$51,496 → $52,116 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $90,300 (+26.3%)	$93,200 → $127,700 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $823 (+27.4%)	$607 → $603 (-0.7%)

Boone County

Population

22,36821,312

Median household income

$40,739$56,152

Median home value

$71,500$90,300

Median gross rent

$646$823

Brooke County

Population

22,45922,053

Median household income

$51,496$52,116

Median home value

$93,200$127,700

Median gross rent

$607$603

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boone County	Brooke County
Under 5	4.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	13.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.9%	14.6%
75 and over	7.7%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boone County	Brooke County
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boone County	Brooke County
No high school diploma	15.2%	7.6%
High school graduate	46.8%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boone County	Brooke County
Drove alone	81.6%	80.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	5.4%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	7.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boone County	Brooke County
1-unit, detached	67.6%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	25.7%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Boone County	Brooke County
Poverty rate	17.3%	12.1%
Average household size	2.68	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1975	1965