Photo: Carol M. Highsmith · Public domainHow is Follansbee run?
Follansbee’s city government spent $4.6 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $1,678 per resident. Water and other utilities ($1.2 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Follansbee is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,678 per resident a year, or $4.60 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 30%.
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No comparison for Follansbee yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample). Follansbee’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate (it reported none of its 2022 dollars), so it has no like-for-like peer figure. It reported 2024; the next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Day-to-day spending is up 12% since 2023
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Follansbee reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2023: $1,467 · 2024: $1,678.
full-time in March 2025, up from 28 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $766 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.57% of the home’s value, vs 0.53% across West Virginia.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Follansbee’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Follansbee’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Follansbee →
Who’s in charge in Follansbee
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Follansbee’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on cityoffollansbee.net ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 83 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (2,739).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Brooke County School District
Follansbee’s K–12 school district, shared with Beech Bottom, Bethany, Wellsburg, Windsor Heights, Weirton. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $19,298 per pupil, $10,596 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
West Virginia districts overall: 36% local, 46% state, 18% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Follansbee’s votes are counted by county
West Virginia reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Follansbee alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Brooke County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican71.4%6,986 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat26.8%2,621 votesOthers: 1.8% (175 votes).
Most votes in Brooke County: Donald J Trump
West Virginia: Trump 70.0%, Harris 28.1%
100% of Follansbee lies in Brooke County. Every 2024 race in Brooke County is on the county’s page.
Brooke County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Follansbee.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: cityoffollansbee.net ↗
- 2West Virginia House of DelegatesState representatives
- 3West Virginia SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of West Virginia
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
How Follansbee compares with the towns next door
Follansbee’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate, so it isn’t placed among them. None of its neighbors reported 2022 figures. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| Follansbee | estimate | $766 |
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
Reach Follansbee’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Follansbee’s government
How much does Follansbee spend per resident?
About $1,678 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Follansbee?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $766 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.57% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.53% across West Virginia. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see cityoffollansbee.net.
Who runs Follansbee’s government?
See cityoffollansbee.net for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Follansbee yet.
How did Follansbee vote in 2024?
West Virginia counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Follansbee alone. Brooke County, where 100% of Follansbee lies, voted Trump 71.4%, Harris 26.8% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Follansbee?
33 full-time and 29 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $158,294 (about $1.9M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Follansbee in the state legislature?
State Senate District 1 (Laura Chapman and Ryan Weld) and House of Delegates District 3 (Jimmy Willis). The House of Delegates district also covers seven other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Follansbee’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →