Bethany vs Follansbee

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

Bethany 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 1,066 in Bethany). Bethany has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $52,974 in Follansbee). Follansbee has the higher median home value ($137,100 vs $113,600 in Bethany).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany	Follansbee
Population	1,066	2,790
Median age	21.0 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$52,974
Median home value	$113,600	$137,100
Median gross rent	$675	$592
Housing units	166	1,524
Homeownership rate	72.3%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.6%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany	Follansbee
Population	1,022 → 1,066 (+4.3%)	2,768 → 2,790 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$62,500 → $61,250 (-2.0%)	$45,769 → $52,974 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $113,600 (-9.1%)	$88,700 → $137,100 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $675 (+13.4%)	$720 → $592 (-17.8%)

Bethany

Population

1,0221,066

Median household income

$62,500$61,250

Median home value

$125,000$113,600

Median gross rent

$595$675

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)

	Bethany	Follansbee
Under 5	3.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	3.8%	11.0%
18 to 24	68.2%	12.9%
25 to 34	4.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	4.7%	7.3%
45 to 54	3.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	4.7%	25.1%
65 to 74	3.3%	10.7%
75 and over	4.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany	Follansbee
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	95.7%
Black or African American	23.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany	Follansbee
No high school diploma	3.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	20.5%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany	Follansbee
Drove alone	51.3%	79.3%
Carpooled	3.4%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	42.2%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	7.0%
Other means	0.6%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany	Follansbee
1-unit, detached	80.7%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	23.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Bethany	Follansbee
Poverty rate	6.8%	5.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1950	1971