Hooverson HeightsWV
A town of 2,090.
Is Hooverson Heights a good place to live?
Hooverson Heights’ best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D for schools. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 85% of U.S. towns. Among 62 West Virginia towns, just 2 have a higher median age than Hooverson Heights. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 87% of the country. Only 9 of West Virginia’s 141 towns score lower on the outdoors. Hooverson Heights has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Hooverson Heights for work
Where Hooverson Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Hooverson Heights grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within West Virginia), ordered by how far Hooverson Heights is from typical.
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Moving to Hooverson Heights: who provides what
Hooverson Heights is unincorporated, so Brooke County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Hooverson Heights.
Public schools in Hooverson Heights fall behind 93% of West Virginia districts
Its public schools are run by the Brooke County Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooke Primary School NorthLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–2 | Grades K–2 | 257 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WV on state tests and graduation
For health, Hooverson Heights earns a D
43% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Hooverson Heights, above both the West Virginia town median (40%) and the median of U.S. towns (36%). 46% of adults have high blood pressure in Hooverson Heights. Hooverson Heights beats the West Virginia average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Hooverson Heights | West Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 40% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 44% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Hooverson Heights | WV |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 8.8% | 11% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.1% | 16.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.2% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Hooverson Heights’ workers commute out
Most working residents leave Hooverson Heights for work: only 2% work in town. Hooverson Heights’ average trip to work is 27 minutes, against 21 minutes in West Virginia’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Hooverson Heights fell to 367 in 2023, 34 fewer than in 2013.
| Hooverson Heights | West Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 14% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 21 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $59,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hooverson Heights faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Hooverson Heights, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Hooverson Heights has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than West Virginia overall
People 65 and older are 29% of residents (21% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (21% statewide). 16% of Hooverson Heights adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Hooverson Heights | West Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 15% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 16% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.8 points. Across West Virginia, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Hooverson Heights | WV | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.3% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.1% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 2.6% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.2% | 12% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9% | 12% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.1% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.9% | 12.6% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 13.4% | 8.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 13.5% | 10.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 40.5% | 39.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.3% | 17.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.7% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 10% | 14.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.8% | 9.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
A home in Hooverson Heights sells for about $132K at the median
The median rent in Hooverson Heights is $734 a month.
| Hooverson Heights | West Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $734 a month | $878 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Acrisure Stadium and 61 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hooverson Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
5 mi MuseumMeadowcroft Rockshelter
32 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
32 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
38 mi Theme parkKennywood
33 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints ArenaPhoto credits
Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Meadowcroft Rockshelter: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Hooverson Heights
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Hooverson Heights
About 1 of every 100 Hooverson Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across West Virginia.
About Hooverson Heights
Census-designated place in West Virginia, United States
Hooverson Heights is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brooke County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. The population was 2,582 at the 2020 census (slightly down from 2,590 at the 2010 census).
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- Area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,020 ft
Hooverson Heights’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Hooverson Heights.
| Town | WV rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hooverson Heights | — | — | A | — | D | D |
| Follansbee | #25 | C+ | A+ | B+ | D | C− |
Hooverson Heights has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Hooverson Heights reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Hooverson Heights with a neighbor →
Questions about Hooverson Heights
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hooverson Heights, WV expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $155,000, 12% below the West Virginia typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.