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Brookhaven, West Virginia.

A community in Monongalia County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Monongalia County’s.

Living in Brookhaven, Monongalia County, West Virginia

Brookhaven, in Monongalia County, had 5,707 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $88,438 a year and half less, against $65,346 across Monongalia County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 83% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 17% are rented. Unemployment in Monongalia County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 5,707 in the 2020 census; median age 37.1
Household income $88,438 the median, give or take $17,860 · Monongalia County: $65,346
Unemployment 3.2% Monongalia County, August 2026; 3.7% a year before
Homes 83% lived in by their owners; 17% rented
  • 2,235households
  • 40%of adults have a degree
  • 10%below the poverty line
  • 20 mintypical commute
  • 12%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care35%
  • Professional and business services16%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment14%
  • Shops (retail)8%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities5%
  • Manufacturing5%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Monongalia County had 59,770 jobs in 2025, 0.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 40° and 24°; warmest in July, 84° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 40° 24° F M A M J J 84° 64° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 40° and 24°; warmest in July, 84° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 40° 24° F M A M J J 84° 64° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 24°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 64°. About 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Morgantown Hart Field weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Monongalia County

  1. West Virginia University HospitalsGeneral hospital7,107FTE
  2. West Virginia UniversityUniversity or college6,540
  3. Monongalia County SchoolsSchool district1,683FTE
  4. Monongalia General HospitalGeneral hospital1,282FTE
  5. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters426
  6. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters394
  7. Mulberry Street Management ServicesHome health care agencies300
  8. Anderson ExcavatingExcavation contractors252

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 78 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 19,898 people in all across the county; Brookhaven has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. LightningRelatively moderate
  2. Strong windRelatively moderate
  3. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Brookhaven’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Monongalia County.