County profile
Brooke County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#1619 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 18% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,041
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
366
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,142
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$54.3k±$5.4k
Bachelor's degree+
23.4%±2.7%
Poverty rate
13.1%±2.4%
Business applications
125 · 2025
Retail establishments
52
24.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care42%
Retail trade18%
Manufacturing17%
Food & accommodation12%
Education7%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
21,142
residents · 2025 · -6.0% since 2020
Income per capita $55.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−344
International migration+59
Natural change−1,051
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$981.0M2019
$917.5M2020
$1.2B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$141.5k±$13.2k
Median gross rent
$645/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
9.5%±2.4%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
54.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 70Hurricane 52Lightning 50
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1812016
1772017
1882018
1952019
2032020
2162021
2392022
2622023
2692024
3192025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -100% since 2021102021
112022
22023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
18.9 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
3.0 km
NS
Nearest port
5.5 km
JSW USA, MINGO JUNCTION
Nearest commercial airport
37.9 km
PITTSBURGH INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.1k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Brooke?
Brooke's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, contracting 0.4% year over year — slower than 81% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.