Brooke County vs Upshur County

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

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

Upshur County has the higher population (23,758 vs 22,053 in Brooke County). Brooke County has the higher median household income ($52,116 vs $51,859 in Upshur County). Upshur County has the higher median home value ($160,700 vs $127,700 in Brooke County).

Population, income & housing

	Brooke County	Upshur County
Population	22,053	23,758
Median age	46.6 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,116	$51,859
Median home value	$127,700	$160,700
Median gross rent	$603	$799
Housing units	10,700	11,237
Homeownership rate	73.4%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooke County	Upshur County
Population	22,459 → 22,053 (-1.8%)	24,502 → 23,758 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$51,496 → $52,116 (+1.2%)	$40,322 → $51,859 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $127,700 (+37.0%)	$119,000 → $160,700 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $603 (-0.7%)	$699 → $799 (+14.3%)

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

Upshur County

Population

24,50223,758

Median household income

$40,322$51,859

Median home value

$119,000$160,700

Median gross rent

$699$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooke County	Upshur County
Under 5	4.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	14.6%	12.6%
75 and over	9.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooke County	Upshur County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	92.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooke County	Upshur County
No high school diploma	7.6%	11.6%
High school graduate	41.5%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooke County	Upshur County
Drove alone	80.3%	80.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	3.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.1%	9.7%
Other means	0.8%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooke County	Upshur County
1-unit, detached	72.3%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	1.8%
20 or more units	2.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Brooke County	Upshur County
Poverty rate	12.1%	18.3%
Average household size	2.24	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1965	1979