What is the population of Brookhaven CDP?

Brookhaven CDP has 6,465 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 439 in West Virginia.

What is the median household income in Brookhaven CDP?

Median household income in Brookhaven CDP is $84,962 a year, 8.2% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Brookhaven CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,077 a month and the median home value is $254,500, so rent absorbs about 15.2% of median household income.

Is Brookhaven CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Brookhaven CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Brookhaven, WV population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Brookhaven, West Virginia (Brookhaven, WV — Census place “Brookhaven CDP”) is 6,465 residents, ranking #27 of 439 places in West Virginia. Median household income is $84,962, the median home is worth $254,500 and median gross rent runs $1,077 a month. Looking for the Brookhaven West Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Brookhaven, WV: 26508.

Population: 6,465Brookhaven CDP residents
Median household income: $84,962Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $254,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,077Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 80.5%Owner-occupied households

Brookhaven ZIP codes (West Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Brookhaven.

The Brookhaven WV ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

26508

What the numbers mean in Brookhaven CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Brookhaven CDP median would spend about 15.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.2% of residents and 80.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Brookhaven CDP, WV in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Brookhaven CDP is a mid-size town in West Virginia, with 6,465 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #27 of 439 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 36.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Brookhaven CDP earn a median of $84,962 a year, 8.2% above the national figure of $78,538 and 60% above the $52,974 median for the 148 West Virginia cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 10.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Brookhaven CDP is valued at $254,500, 16.1% below the national figure and 100% above the $127,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,077 a month, 23.4% below the national figure, or roughly $12,924 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 80.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Brookhaven CDP?: Brookhaven CDP has 6,465 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 439 in West Virginia.
What is the median household income in Brookhaven CDP?: Median household income in Brookhaven CDP is $84,962 a year, 8.2% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Brookhaven CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,077 a month and the median home value is $254,500, so rent absorbs about 15.2% of median household income.
Is Brookhaven CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Brookhaven CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Brookhaven CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.