Estimated median household income in 2007: $41,424
| This zip code: | $41,424 | | West Virginia: | $37,060 |
Nearest zip codes: 26035, 43938, 43952, 26070, 26062, 43913.
Housing units in zip code 26037 with a mortgage: 1,035 (112 second mortgage, 118 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,001
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $850
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $276
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 11.4% | | Whole state: | 16.9% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 5.3% | | Whole state: | 7.0% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 6.1 | | State: | 5.9 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.5 | | State: | 4.5 |
Year house built: |
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- 1999 to March 2000: 25
- 1995 to 1998: 123
- 1990 to 1994: 191
- 1980 to 1989: 274
- 1970 to 1979: 607
- 1960 to 1969: 432
- 1950 to 1959: 563
- 1940 to 1949: 345
- 1939 or earlier: 613
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Follansbee, WV (26037): |
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- no bedroom: 0
- 1 bedrooms: 59
- 2 bedrooms: 580
- 3 bedrooms: 1,263
- 4 bedrooms: 392
- 5 or more bedrooms: 26
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 0
- 1 bedrooms: 189
- 2 bedrooms: 254
- 3 bedrooms: 176
- 4 bedrooms: 29
- 5 or more bedrooms: 0
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Vehicles available in 26037 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 120
- 1 vehicle: 663
- 2 vehicles: 1,036
- 3 vehicles: 380
- 4 vehicles: 89
- 5 or more vehicles: 32
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 126
- 1 vehicle: 335
- 2 vehicles: 153
- 3 vehicles: 34
- 4 vehicles: 0
- 5 or more vehicles: 0
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Estimated household income distribution in 2007:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2007 in zip code 26037:
- Less than $10,000: 56
- $10,000 to $14,999: 27
- $15,000 to $19,999: 19
- $20,000 to $24,999: 39
- $25,000 to $29,999: 49
- $30,000 to $34,999: 40
- $35,000 to $39,999: 55
- $40,000 to $49,999: 140
- $50,000 to $59,999: 112
- $60,000 to $69,999: 107
- $70,000 to $79,999: 106
- $80,000 to $89,999: 142
- $90,000 to $99,999: 236
- $100,000 to $124,999: 380
- $125,000 to $149,999: 242
- $150,000 to $174,999: 138
- $175,000 to $199,999: 59
- $200,000 to $249,999: 79
- $250,000 to $299,999: 35
- $300,000 to $399,999: 43
- $400,000 to $499,999: 16
- $500,000 to $749,999: 13
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Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 26037:
- Less than $100: 3
- $100 to $149: 13
- $150 to $199: 55
- $200 to $249: 68
- $250 to $299: 70
- $300 to $349: 94
- $350 to $399: 63
- $400 to $449: 59
- $450 to $499: 25
- No cash rent: 87
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $48,436.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $100,363
- Two or more races householders: $92,800
Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $91,955 (it was $66,900 in 2000)
| 26037: | $91,955 | | West Virginia: | $96,000 |
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $47,035 - $141,129
Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $117,023| Here: | $117,023 | | State: | $144,523 |
Townhouses or other attached units: $83,863| Here: | $83,863 | | State: | $155,391 |
In 2-unit structures: $127,507| Here: | $127,507 | | State: | $109,679 |
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $75,487| Here: | $75,487 | | State: | $138,103 |
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $44,831| Here: | $44,831 | | State: | $89,574 |
Mobile homes: $19,298| Here: | $19,298 | | State: | $32,459 |
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
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Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,475
- One, attached: 46
- Two: 119
- 3 or 4: 86
- 5 to 9: 81
- 10 to 19: 37
- 20 to 49: 59
- 50 or more: 20
- Mobile homes: 250

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 2,803 (91%)
- Carpooled: 185 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 62 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 29 (1%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 79
- 5 to 9 minutes: 277
- 10 to 14 minutes: 444
- 15 to 19 minutes: 718
- 20 to 24 minutes: 604
- 25 to 29 minutes: 172
- 30 to 34 minutes: 164
- 35 to 39 minutes: 55
- 40 to 44 minutes: 53
- 45 to 59 minutes: 281
- 60 to 89 minutes: 99
- 90 or more minutes: 121
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 47.1%
Household type by relationship
Households: 7,129
- In family households: 6,182 (1,670 male householders, 440 female householders)
1,641 spouses, 2,001 children (1,876 natural, 25 adopted, 100 stepchildren), 151 grandchildren, 38 brothers or sisters, 43 parents, 104 other relatives, 94 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 947 (337 male householders (299 living alone)), 535 female householders (503 living alone)), 75 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 157 (146 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 989 2-persons, 538 3-persons, 373 4-persons, 157 5-persons, 48 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 802 1-person, 63 2-persons, 7 3-persons.
1,115 married couples with children.
314 single-parent households (77 men, 237 women).
95.0% of residents of 26037 zip code speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% very well, 48% well).
4.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% very well, 10% well, 5% not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% very well).
Foreign born population: 114 (1.6%)
(80.7% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 1.6% | | Whole state: | 1.1% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (67%)
- Germany (14%)
- Romania (7%)
- Canada (7%)
- Japan (5%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
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- 1995 to March 2000: 0
- 1990 to 1994: 0
- 1985 to 1989: 6
- 1980 to 1984: 0
- 1975 to 1979: 0
- 1970 to 1974: 0
- 1970 to 1974: 4
- 1965 to 1969: 104
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White population: 7,231
Black population: 21
American Indian population: 6
Asian population: 15
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0
Some other race population: 1
Two or more races population: 45

First ancestries reported:
|  Italian: 1723 |
|  German: 988 |
|  Irish: 671 |
|  English: 523 |
|  United States or American: 340 |
|  Polish: 229 |
|  Scotch-Irish: 198 |
|  Slovak: 174 |
|  Other groups: 134 |
|  French (except Basque): 122 |
|  Dutch: 104 |
|  Welsh: 92 |
|  Scottish: 77 |
|  Serbian: 54 |
|  Ukrainian: 45 |
|  Russian: 34 |
|  Hungarian: 30 |
|  Romanian: 28 |
|  French Canadian: 21 |
|  Czechoslovakian: 21 |
|  Swedish: 17 |
|  Croatian: 16 |
|  Swiss: 16 |
|  Turkish: 8 |
|  Danish: 6 |
|  Belgian: 6 |
|  Finnish: 6 |
|  Czech: 5 |
|  Greek: 4 |

Facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- CITY OF FOLLANSBEE (872 MAIN STREET in FOLLANSBEE, WV)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM (SDWIS) - SDWIS-WV3300506 3862, WATER TREATMENT PLANT
Business SIC classification: WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE SYSTEMS; GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Organizations: OWNER (CONTACT/OWNER)
, FOLLANSBEE, CITY OF (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: FOLLANSBEE CITY OF
- FOLLANSBEE STEEL (1 STATE STREET in FOLLANSBEE, WV)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
SUPERFUND NPL (Superfund database)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities)
Business SIC classification: FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS
Business NAICS classification: SHEET METAL WORK MANUFACTURING.; METAL COATING, ENGRAVING (EXCEPT JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE), AND ALLIED SERVICES TO MANUFACTURERS.
Organizations: ED THOMAS (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, LOUIS BERKMAN (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: FOLLANSBEE SITE, FOLLANSBEE STEEL CO TERNE DIV, FOLLANSBEE STEEL CORPORATION, FOLLANSBEE STEEL DIV., THE LOUIS BERKMAN, FOLLANSBEE STEEL SHEET METAL SPECIALTY DIV., KOPPERS CHEM CO, KOPPERS DISPOSAL SITE COKETOWN
- FOLLANSBEE MIDDLE SCHOOL (1400 MAIN ST in FOLLANSBEE, WV)
(Geographic Names Information System)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-10301
Organizations: BROOKE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- BEAZER EAST INC (100 - A KOPPERS RD in FOLLANSBEE, WV)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: BEAZER-EAST INC - KOPPERS INC (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, KOPPERS INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
- BP OIL CO-BORON DIVISION (702 MAIN ST in FOLLANSBEE, WV)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, SOHIO OIL CO (CONTACT/OWNER)
- CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO (LEE ROAD HOOVERSON HEIGHTS in FOLLANSBEE, WV)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY (CONTACT/OWNER)
- FOLLANSBEE AUTO INC (1090 MAIN ST in FOLLANSBEE, WV)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: HARRIS DAVE (CONTACT/OWNER)
- BALLATO BROTHERS AUTO CNTR (ST JOHNS ROAD in FOLLANSBEE, WV)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Business SIC classification: MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS, USED
- BEAZER EAST, INC. (1980 MAIN STREET in FOLLANSBEE, WV)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
- DUFFIELD'S AUTO SERVICE LLC (2738 ELDERSVILLE RD in FOLLANSBEE, WV)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, JOHN D DUFFIELD (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: GARAGE THE
- FOLLANSBEE MIDDLE SCHOOL (1400 MAIN & MARK STS. in FOLLANSBEE, WV)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
Business SIC classification: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
- CITY OF FOLLENSBEE GARAGE (RIVER ROAD in FOLLANSBEE, WV)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
- FOLLANSBEE WELL FIELD SITE (DUQUESNE ST. in FOLLANSBEE, WV)
SUPERFUND (Superfund database)
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,993
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4047
- Northeast: 541
- Midwest: 2314
- South: 164
- West: 77
70% of the 26037 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in West Virginia.
Population in 1990: 7,676. Population change in the 1990s: -357 (-4.7%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 3.9% | | West Virginia: | 5.5% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 39
| Here: | 11.0% | | West Virginia: | 4.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
| Here: | 8.3% | | West Virginia: | 15.4% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
- THE LOUIS BERKMAN COMPANY (1 STATE ST in FOLLANSBEE, WV; small business): $36,464 in 3 contracts from 2001 to 2002
$25,000 with National Park Service for Pontoons And Floating Docks. Signed on 2002-05-15. Completion date: 2003-05-15.
$7,066 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Pontoons And Floating Docks. Signed on 2001-06-25. Completion date: 2001-06-29.
$4,398 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Miscellaneous Fabricated Nonmetallic Materials. Signed on 2002-01-22. Completion date: 2002-02-28.
- BERKMAN, LOUIS COMPANY, THE (STATE ST in FOLLANSBEE, WV; small business): $14,680 in 2 contracts in 2004
$7,340 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Miscellaneous Special Industry Machinery. Signed on 2004-08-05. Completion date: 2004-05-28.
$7,340 with Army for Miscellaneous Special Industry Machinery. Signed on 2004-08-05. Completion date: 2004-05-28.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Nursing Care Facilities (100-249 employees: 1 establishment, 1-4 employees: 1 establishment)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (50-99: 1)
- Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (20-49: 1, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 5)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (20-49: 1, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 2)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)
People in group quarters
- 137 people in nursing homes
- 11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in other nonhousehold living situations
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