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Follansbee district, Brooke County, WV

7,761 Population
15 square miles 517.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.7 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Brooke County: 46.6 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,552 ±$3,400 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Brooke County: $34,184 ±$2,066
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,806 ±$7,461 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Brooke County: $54,316 ±$5,403
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.7% ±4.3% (965  ±335) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Brooke County: 13.1% † 2,730 (±2.4% / ±510)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.1 minutes ±2 (68,725  ±10,309) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Brooke County: 24.8 213,640 (±1.8 / ±17,956)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,594 ±309 Number of households
  • Brooke County: 9,675 ±252
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (7,617  ±546) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Brooke County: 2.2 20,889 (±0.1 / ±31)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.9% ±5.1% (89  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Brooke County: 5.3% † 225 (±2.5% / ±107)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,941 ±292 Number of housing units
  • Brooke County: 10,691 ±39
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$139,200 ±$17,398 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Brooke County: $141,500 ±$13,244
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.4% ±2.1% (416  ±166.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Brooke County: 7.6% † 1,632 (±1.8% / ±378.3)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±4.2% (5,471  ±476.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Brooke County: 93.8% 15,047 (±4.8% / ±777.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.7% ±3.3% (1,208  ±214.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Brooke County: 23.4% † 3,754 (±2.5% / ±408)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.9% ±0.5% (68  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Brooke County: 1.5% 332
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±1.7% (385  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Brooke County: 6.4% † 1,159 (±1.1% / ±196)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
385 Total veterans ±109 376 Male ±106 9 Female ±15

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