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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $409 (0.6%)
Area name: Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Brooke County is $408 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $628 a month.
Cities in this county include: Follansbee
, Hooverson Heights
, Wellsburg
, Bethany
, Beech Bottom
, Windsor Heights
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2005 air pollution in Brooke County:
Particulate Matter (PM10)
Annual: 27 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m3):
59 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3):
17.4 µg/m3.
Above U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m3):
39 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.014 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Significanly above U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides 24-hour: 0.044 ppm (standard limit: 0.14 ppm). Above U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Hancock County
, Ohio County
, Jefferson County, Ohio
, Washington County, Pennsylvania
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Brooke County: Weirton
Yards
(A),
Alexander Campbell Mansion
(B)
Churches in Brooke County include: Goodwill
Church
(A),
Saint Johns Church
(B),
Castleman Run Church
(C),
Chapel Hill Church
(D),
Church of Christ
(E),
Kadesh Chapel
(F),
Ebenezer Church
(G),
Franklin United Methodist Church
(H),
Tent Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Lower
Buffalo Cemetery
(1),
Highland Hills Memorial Gardens
(2),
Wells Cemetery
(3)
Reservoir: Bowden
Ponds
(A).
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Buffalo
Creek
(A),
Camp Run
(B),
Cascade Run
(C),
Castleman Run
(D),
Cross Creek
(E),
Ebenezer Run
(F),
Mechling Run
(G),
Parmar Run
(H),
Potrock Run
(I)
Parks in Brooke County include: Plummer
Field
(1),
Brooke Hills Park
(2)
Post office: Short
Creek Post Office
(A).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
5.5% | | West
Virginia: |
4.0% |
Current college students: 1,611
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 79.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 13.4%
Number of foreign born residents: 288 (77% naturalized citizens)
| Brooke
County: |
1.1% | | Whole
state: |
1.1% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 15
- 1990
to 1994: 9
- 1985
to 1989: 14
- 1980
to 1984: 8
- 1975
to 1979: 5
- 1970
to 1974: 7
- 1970
to 1974: 21
- 1965
to 1969: 209
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Mean travel time to work: 23.9 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 52.1%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 8,534
- One,
attached: 202
- Two:
323
- 3
or 4: 352
- 5
to 9: 237
- 10
to 19: 241
- 20
or more: 361
- Mobile
homes: 876
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 24
Housing units in Brooke County with a mortgage: 3,371 (343 second mortgage, 449 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,432 Agriculture
in Brooke County
Average size of farms: 141 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $7429
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $57.85
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 8.10%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 74.40%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $7386
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 23.27%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.16%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $29948
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 92.86%
Average age of principal farm operators: 58 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 10.80
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 8.76%
Corn for grain: 121 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 11 acresBrooke
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above West Virginia state average. It is 1.4 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 4 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 7/24/1977, a tornado injured 4 people
Most
common industries for males: |
- Metal
and metal products (26%)
- Construction
(9%)
- Educational
services (5%)
- Accommodation
and food services (5%)
- Truck
transportation (5%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health
care (3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (26%)
- Educational
services (14%)
- Accommodation
and food services (8%)
- Finance
and insurance (6%)
- Food
and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (5%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females
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- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (10%)
- Cashiers
(7%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered
nurses (6%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Italy
(47%)
- United
Kingdom (10%)
- Canada
(9%)
- Korea
(8%)
- Germany
(7%)
- Other
Western Africa (6%)
- Greece
(3%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Brooke County:
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- Italian
(20%)
- German
(18%)
- Irish
(13%)
- United
States or American (10%)
- English
(9%)
- Polish
(5%)
- Scotch-Irish
(4%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 9,124 (86%)
- Carpooled:
853 (8%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Taxi:
8 (0%)
- Bicycle:
10 (0%)
- Walked:
414 (4%)
- Other
means: 68 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 159 (1%)
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People
in group quarters in Brooke County, West Virginia
- 585
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 214
people in nursing homes
- 35
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 19
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9
people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 8
people in other nonhousehold living situations
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $41,576.
4.03% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,790 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
4.03% | | West
Virginia average: | 5.78% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
1.70% relocated from other counties in West Virginia ($11,388 average AGI)
2.32% relocated from other states ($17,399 average AGI)
| Brooke
County: |
2.32% | | West
Virginia average: | 3.05% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Hancock County, WV
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0.85% ($26,128 average AGI) |
| from
Jefferson County, OH
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0.49% ($26,244) |
| from
Ohio County, WV
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0.42% ($29,923) |
| from
Washington County, PA
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0.30% ($33,000) |
| from
Allegheny County, PA
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0.18% ($46,471) |
5.40% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,986 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.40% | | West
Virginia average: | 5.65% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
1.97% relocated to other counties in West Virginia ($10,190 average AGI)
3.43% relocated to other states ($19,794 average AGI)
| Brooke
County: |
3.43% | | West
Virginia average: |
2.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Hancock County, WV
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1.14% ($25,757 average AGI) |
| to
Jefferson County, OH
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0.70% ($27,662) |
| to
Allegheny County, PA
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0.38% ($34,167) |
| to
Ohio County, WV
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0.37% ($30,000) |
| to
Washington County, PA
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0.22% ($37,571) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.2
Births
per 1000 population in Brooke County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.8
Deaths
per 1000 population in Brooke County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.4
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Brooke County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 4,377 (3,748 aged, 629 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 5%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 24,575
- In
family households: 21,003 (5,691 male householders, 1,499 female householders)
5,783
spouses, 6,777 children (6,236 natural, 172 adopted, 369 stepchildren), 373 grandchildren, 122 brothers or sisters, 177 parents, 200 other relatives, 381 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 3,572 (1,334 male householders (1,158 living alone)), 1,886 female householders (1,741 living alone)), 352 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 872 (234 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,382 2-persons, 1,791 3-persons, 1,361 4-persons, 476 5-persons, 137 6-persons, 43 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,899 1-person, 275 2-persons, 43 3-persons, 3 4-persons.
3,706 married couples with children.
1,041 single-parent households (237 men, 804 women).
96.2% of residents of Brooke County speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $152,736,000 ($6162 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,777,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $87,518,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $39,708,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $85,000
Federal grants: $21,515,000
Federal procurement contracts: $725,000 ($14,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,185,000 ($601,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $6,775,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,767,000
Federal Government insurance: $21,298,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,224
| Here: |
50 per 1000 residents | | State: | 60
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,698
| Here: |
69 per 1000 residents | | State: |
61 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +10
| Here: |
+0 per 1000 residents | | State: | +2
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -433
| Here: |
-18 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+6 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Brooke County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.86 millions of gallons per day (96% from ground, 4% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
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- 1999
to March 2000: 127
- 1995
to 1998: 372
- 1990
to 1994: 441
- 1980
to 1989: 900
- 1970
to 1979: 2,020
- 1960
to 1969: 1,469
- 1950
to 1959: 1,799
- 1940
to 1949: 1,257
- 1939
or earlier: 2,765
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Brooke County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 0
- 2
rooms: 31
- 3
rooms: 66
- 4
rooms: 858
- 5
rooms: 2,235
- 6
rooms: 2,252
- 7
rooms: 1,209
- 8
rooms: 719
- 9
or more rooms: 596
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Brooke County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 26
- 2
rooms: 166
- 3
rooms: 428
- 4
rooms: 771
- 5
rooms: 429
- 6
rooms: 356
- 7
rooms: 136
- 8
rooms: 62
- 9
or more rooms: 56
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Brooke County: |
- no
bedroom: 0
- 1
bedroom: 235
- 2
bedrooms: 2,048
- 3
bedrooms: 4,435
- 4
bedrooms: 1,123
- 5
or more bedrooms: 125
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Brooke County: |
- no
bedroom: 26
- 1
bedroom: 746
- 2
bedrooms: 1,042
- 3
bedrooms: 498
- 4
bedrooms: 101
- 5
or more bedrooms: 17
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Brooke County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
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- no
vehicle: 394
- 1
vehicle: 2,463
- 2
vehicles: 3,480
- 3
vehicles: 1,267
- 4
vehicles: 249
- 5
or more vehicles: 113
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Brooke County in renter-occupied apartments
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- no
vehicle: 505
- 1
vehicle: 1,334
- 2
vehicles: 506
- 3
vehicles: 73
- 4
vehicles: 3
- 5
or more vehicles: 9
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69% of Brooke County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in West Virginia.
| Brooke
County: |
69.0% | | State
average: |
63.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 15611
- Northeast:
2527
- Midwest:
5835
- South:
808
- West:
303
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $36,800 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Utility
gas (68%)
- Electricity
(14%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood
(2%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
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- Utility
gas (53%)
- Electricity
(40%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood
(1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 121
| Here: |
5.0% | | West
Virginia: | 5.5% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 69
| Here: |
5.5% | | West
Virginia: |
4.8% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 722
| Here: |
49.7% | | West
Virginia: |
15.4% |
Brooke
County government finances in 2004:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $154,000
- Charges
- All Other: $1,149,000
- Current
Operations - General - Other: $2,304,000
Police Protection: $1,184,000
Corrections - Other: $925,000
Health Services - Other: $767,000
Financial Administration: $678,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $635,000
Central Staff Services: $609,000
Fire Protection: $377,000
General Public Buildings: $272,000
Parks & Recreation: $149,000
Libraries: $145,000
Natural Resources - Other: $40,000
Welfare - Other: $22,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $381,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $5,439,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $3,358,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $2,081,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $682,000
Interest Earnings: $450,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,490,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $3,358,000
- State
Intergovernmental - General Support: $516,000
All Other: $352,000
Health & Hospitals: $299,000
- Tax
- Property: $4,354,000
Public Utilities: $135,000
NEC: $65,000
Motor Vehicle License: $6,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $3,570,000
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