Follansbee is a very small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 2,692 people and two associated neighborhoods, Follansbee is the 83rd largest community in West Virginia.Follansbee is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Follansbee is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Follansbee who work in food service (18.39%), management occupations (13.10%), and office and administrative support (11.15%). Follansbee is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Follansbee is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.50% of adults 25 and older in Follansbee have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Follansbee in 2022 was $40,399, which is wealthy relative to West Virginia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $161,596 for a family of four. However, Follansbee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Follansbee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Follansbee residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Follansbee include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Follansbee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Greek.
