Follansbee is a very small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 2,739 people and two associated neighborhoods, Follansbee is the 83rd largest community in West Virginia.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Follansbee is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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 (18.74%), management occupations (13.96%), and sales jobs (12.78%). Also of interest is that Follansbee has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small city, Follansbee does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Follansbee with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.41% of adults in Follansbee have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Follansbee in 2022 was $35,872, 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 $143,488 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 Italian, German, Irish, Polish, and English. The most common language spoken in Follansbee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Greek.