21,285 people (2024 Census estimate, −5.3% since 2020)
89 square miles of land · 239 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
8 active community water systems list Brooke County in the area they serve, reporting 37,813 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD surface water · local government · WV3300516 | 19,676 served |
| FOLLANSBEE HOOVERSON HEIGHTS surface water · local government · WV3300512 | 4,970 served |
| WELLSBURG, CITY OF groundwater · local government · WV3300517 | 4,019 served |
| FOLLANSBEE MUNICIPAL groundwater · local government · WV3300506 | 3,145 served |
| WASHINGTON PIKE PSD buys groundwater · local government · WV3300515 | 2,967 served |
| HAMMOND PSD surface water · local government · WV3300508 | 2,186 served |
| BEECH BOTTOM WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · WV3300502 | 610 served |
| BROOKE COUNTY PSD buys surface water · local government · WV3300523 | 240 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 53 people were held in Brooke County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 407 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 53.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Brooke County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $42.7 million — $40.6 million to run schools, about $16,381 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $22.6 million local (mostly property tax), $15.7 million state, $4.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $9 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Brooke County about $12.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
56 bridges in Brooke County: 13 in good condition, 34 fair, and 9 poor (16.1%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| US Route 22 over Ramp D Railroad · built 1984 | 28,700 vehicles a day |
| WV 2 N (Ramp E) over US 22 & Ramp G · built 1993 | 11,200 vehicles a day |
| County Route 7 over Cross Creek · built 1960 | 4,100 vehicles a day |
| Ramp A from US 22 over Railroad · built 1984 | 3,217 vehicles a day |
| West Virginia 67 over Buffalo Creek · built 1978 | 2,600 vehicles a day |
| County Route 1/3 over Harmon Creek · built 1912 | 700 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $24.5 million of work in Brooke County in fiscal 2025, about $1,085 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for West Virginia are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Brooke County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Brooke County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Ohio County (12 mi) · Jefferson County, OH (13 mi) · Hancock County (17 mi) · Washington County, PA (18 mi) · Belmont County, OH (27 mi) · Harrison County, OH (27 mi).