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Real estate agents and brokers in Brooke County, WV
How Brooke County, WV compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #716 of 2,176 scored counties
#14 of 31 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $132.4M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,684 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 405
- 4.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 80% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,142
- −6.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Brooke County comes to about $132.4M a year: $13,684 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 4.1 times the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate agents and brokers take in.
Brooke County has 6 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 6.2 for every 10,000 households, 80% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of real estate agents and brokers in Brooke County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Brooke County declined 6.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Brooke County scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #716 of 2,176 scored counties and #14 of 31 scored counties in West Virginia.
How Brooke County compares
The same measures for West Virginia and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Brooke County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 12.8 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 405 | 199 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,640 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.7% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.0% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,684 | $13,873 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $54,316 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Brooke County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Brooke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,142−6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 9,675
- Median age
- 46.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 89 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 245
- Median household income
- $54,316+5.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,922
- Median home value
- $141,500
- Jobs located here
- 7,914
- Daytime population
- 19,521Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Preston County, WV | 69 | 9 | 7.0 | 361 | −0.6% | #233 of 2,176 |
| 2Morgan County, WV | 66 | 11 | 15.0 | 176 | +5.5% | #334 of 2,176 |
| 3Upshur County, WV | 64 | 9 | 9.4 | 261 | −0.3% | #378 of 2,176 |
| 4Marion County, WV | 63 | 25 | 10.7 | 244 | −1.2% | #412 of 2,176 |
| 5Putnam County, WV | 61 | 33 | 14.2 | 201 | −1.0% | #514 of 2,176 |
| 6Hampshire County, WV | 61 | 12 | 13.9 | 185 | +4.4% | #522 of 2,176 |
| 7Berkeley County, WV | 61 | 122 | 23.9 | 117 | +13.7% | #535 of 2,176 |
| 8Jackson County, WV | 60 | 14 | 12.2 | 205 | −1.0% | #555 of 2,176 |
| 9Mercer County, WV | 59 | 23 | 9.5 | 256 | −3.4% | #583 of 2,176 |
| 10Lewis County, WV | 57 | 5 | 7.2 | 353 | −3.7% | #665 of 2,176 |
| 14Brooke County, WV | 56 | 6 | 6.2 | 405 | −6.0% | #716 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Brooke County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
- Real estate55
- Real estate agents and brokers56
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Brooke County, WV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 real estate agents and brokers in Brooke County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. No official count is published for offices of real estate agents and brokers in Brooke County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Brooke County, WV spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $132.4M a year, or $13,684 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 6 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 4.1 times the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate agents and brokers take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,675 households in Brooke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brooke County, WV compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Brooke County has 6.2 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 80% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 405, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Brooke County would have about 24, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Brooke County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Brooke County at 21,142 people in 2025, down 6.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,675 households. Median household income in Brooke County is $54,316, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 5.5%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Brooke County scores 56 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #716 of 2,176 scored counties.
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