Beech Bottom is a city of 443 people in West Virginia. At a median age of 51.3, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $60,300. That trails the West Virginia median by roughly 44%. 0% of people here were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $33,125, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 51.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
19% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 10%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Beech Bottom
What changed most since 1990
White share100.0% → 95.9%(−4.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants86.7% → 74.6%(−12.0 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median household income (2024 dollars)$49,002 → $33,125(−32%)US over the same years: +14%
Beech Bottom's population equals 2.0% of Brooke County's. Its number of households without a car equals 0.5% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 0.9% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)25%(9)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)11.1%(4)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era27.8%(10)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.6%(2)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 36 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
BAR + DOT: THIS PLACE · TICK: US AVERAGE
Over time
Beech Bottom, decade by decade
Beech Bottom population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
423
$49,002
$59,282
4.9%
0.0
2000
606
$60,831
$67,219
10.4%
2.0
2010
523
$44,117
$89,191
4.2%
5.7
2020
553
$51,512
$59,511
8.2%
13.9
2024
443
$33,125
$60,300
18.8%
9.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
