Beech Bottom vs Follansbee

A side-by-side comparison of Beech Bottom and Follansbee: population, income, housing, and more.

Beech Bottom and Follansbee are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Follansbee has the higher population (2,790 vs 588 in Beech Bottom). Follansbee has the higher median household income ($52,974 vs $30,000 in Beech Bottom). Follansbee has the higher median home value ($137,100 vs $62,800 in Beech Bottom).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Bottom	Follansbee
Population	588	2,790
Median age	45.0 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$30,000	$52,974
Median home value	$62,800	$137,100
Median gross rent	$795	$592
Housing units	287	1,524
Homeownership rate	79.2%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Bottom	Follansbee
Population	605 → 588 (-2.8%)	2,768 → 2,790 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $30,000 (-43.5%)	$45,769 → $52,974 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $62,800 (+18.5%)	$88,700 → $137,100 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $795 (+4.2%)	$720 → $592 (-17.8%)

Beech Bottom

Population

605588

Median household income

$53,125$30,000

Median home value

$53,000$62,800

Median gross rent

$763$795

Follansbee

Population

2,7682,790

Median household income

$45,769$52,974

Median home value

$88,700$137,100

Median gross rent

$720$592

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Bottom	Follansbee
Under 5	8.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.1%	11.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	12.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	7.3%
45 to 54	17.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	25.1%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.7%
75 and over	7.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Bottom	Follansbee
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Bottom	Follansbee
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	56.2%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Bottom	Follansbee
Drove alone	92.5%	79.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Bottom	Follansbee
1-unit, detached	59.9%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	30.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	23.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Beech Bottom	Follansbee
Poverty rate	40.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.52	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1943	1971