Follansbee vs Wellsburg

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

Follansbee and Wellsburg 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 2,364 in Wellsburg). Follansbee has the higher median household income ($52,974 vs $40,948 in Wellsburg). Follansbee has the higher median home value ($137,100 vs $97,200 in Wellsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Follansbee	Wellsburg
Population	2,790	2,364
Median age	51.4 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,974	$40,948
Median home value	$137,100	$97,200
Median gross rent	$592	$569
Housing units	1,524	1,268
Homeownership rate	62.8%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Follansbee	Wellsburg
Population	2,768 → 2,790 (+0.8%)	2,595 → 2,364 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$45,769 → $52,974 (+15.7%)	$40,136 → $40,948 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$88,700 → $137,100 (+54.6%)	$87,200 → $97,200 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $592 (-17.8%)	$570 → $569 (-0.2%)

Follansbee

Population

2,7682,790

Median household income

$45,769$52,974

Median home value

$88,700$137,100

Median gross rent

$720$592

Wellsburg

Population

2,5952,364

Median household income

$40,136$40,948

Median home value

$87,200$97,200

Median gross rent

$570$569

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Follansbee	Wellsburg
Under 5	3.5%	1.3%
5 to 17	11.0%	7.7%
18 to 24	12.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	8.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	7.3%	5.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.6%
55 to 64	25.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	26.7%
75 and over	9.1%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Follansbee	Wellsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Follansbee	Wellsburg
No high school diploma	5.4%	8.2%
High school graduate	44.3%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Follansbee	Wellsburg
Drove alone	79.3%	88.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	1.4%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Follansbee	Wellsburg
1-unit, detached	63.6%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	23.4%	6.7%
20 or more units	2.6%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Follansbee	Wellsburg
Poverty rate	5.8%	17.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1971	1938