Best PlacesFollansbee, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Follansbee, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Follansbee ranks 14,258th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Follansbee
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Follansbee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Follansbee ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
- BikingBetter than 86% of towns
- Short commute21.6 minutes each way, better than 82% of towns
Where Follansbee ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 24% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 72 pleasant days a year, better than only 31% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Follansbee
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Follansbee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,533, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Follansbee's effective rate of 0.50%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Follansbee
Follansbee runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Follansbee.
Who works in Follansbee, and how
Work in Follansbee centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Follansbee
Follansbee has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Follansbee and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Follansbee, month by month
Follansbee sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Follansbee
Pittsburgh International sits about 22 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Follansbee
Schools across Follansbee average a C+, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wells AcademyA+ · 98% proficient
- East Garfield Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Buckeye North Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harding Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Indian Creek Middle School Grades 7 & 8B · 46% proficient
- Weir Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Steubenville High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Brooke High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Weir High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Follansbee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Follansbee measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Follansbee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Follansbee
Is Follansbee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Follansbee ranks 14,258th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, low disaster risk, and transit, and lowest on state infrastructure and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Follansbee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $115,954. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $73,533 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Follansbee safe?
Follansbee is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $303 per resident a year.
Compare Follansbee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Follansbee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Follansbee represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Follansbee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Follansbee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Follansbee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Follansbee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Follansbee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Follansbee detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.