Hooverson HeightsWV
It is a town of 2,090 residents in West Virginia.
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.
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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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
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Hooverson Heights.
Public schools in Hooverson Heights fall behind 93% of West Virginia districts
Its one school is below. The Brooke County Schools runs its public schools. 257 students attend Hooverson Heights’s public school.
| 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
Hooverson Heights: 24% of adults say their health is fair or poor. The share of adults in Hooverson Heights who have high blood pressure is 46%, above both the West Virginia town median (44%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). Of 32 CDC measures, Hooverson Heights beats the West Virginia average on 4 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
Hooverson Heights’ average commute stands at 27 minutes, against 21 minutes in West Virginia’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Most working residents leave Hooverson Heights for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based here fell to 367 in 2023, 34 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Weirton (15%), Follansbee (6%) and Wellsburg (6%).
| 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 damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 71% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 91% of Hooverson Heights’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Hooverson Heights brings four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 85°; in January, nights fall to 22°, and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Hooverson Heights skews older than West Virginia
Among adults 25 and older in Hooverson Heights, 16% hold a bachelor’s degree or more. People 65 and older are 29% of residents (21% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (21% statewide).
| 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 $134K at the median
For Hooverson Heights, the typical rent is $734 a month. In Hooverson Heights, 72% of households own their home.
| 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
Everything we know about Hooverson Heights
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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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.
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).
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- 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− |
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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.
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