Bluewell vs Oakvale

A side-by-side comparison of Bluewell and Oakvale: population, income, housing, and more.

Bluewell and Oakvale are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bluewell has the higher population (2,281 vs 232 in Oakvale). Since 2019, Oakvale's population has grown faster (+280.3% vs -12.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Bluewell	Oakvale
Population	2,281	232
Median age	62.9 yrs	11.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,599	—
Median home value	$137,800	—
Median gross rent	$874	—
Housing units	1,295	78
Homeownership rate	66.1%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluewell	Oakvale
Population	2,593 → 2,281 (-12.0%)	61 → 232 (+280.3%)
Median household income	$33,462 → $35,599 (+6.4%)	$21,354 → $24,241 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $137,800 (+68.7%)	$42,500 → $85,000 (+100.0%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $874 (+52.5%)	$675 → $950 (+40.7%)

Bluewell

Population

2,5932,281

Median household income

$33,462$35,599

Median home value

$81,700$137,800

Median gross rent

$573$874

Oakvale

Population

61232

Median household income

$21,354$24,241

Median home value

$42,500$85,000

Median gross rent

$675$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluewell	Oakvale
Under 5	5.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	8.0%	56.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	1.7%
25 to 34	2.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	5.0%	3.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	3.4%
65 to 74	19.9%	3.0%
75 and over	26.9%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluewell	Oakvale
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluewell	Oakvale
No high school diploma	28.5%	6.5%
High school graduate	36.7%	71.7%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluewell	Oakvale
Drove alone	86.7%	88.7%
Carpooled	11.3%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluewell	Oakvale
1-unit, detached	72.7%	30.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	61.5%

Poverty & households

	Bluewell	Oakvale
Poverty rate	17.3%	6.1%
Average household size	2.12	4.07
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1974	2008