Mullens vs Oceana

A side-by-side comparison of Mullens and Oceana: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mullens has the higher population (2,267 vs 1,421 in Oceana). Mullens has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $47,548 in Oceana). Mullens has the higher median home value ($77,900 vs $60,800 in Oceana).

Population, income & housing

	Mullens	Oceana
Population	2,267	1,421
Median age	39.5 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$47,548
Median home value	$77,900	$60,800
Median gross rent	$580	$932
Housing units	1,039	732
Homeownership rate	84.2%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mullens	Oceana
Population	1,435 → 2,267 (+58.0%)	1,192 → 1,421 (+19.2%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $65,625 (+46.9%)	$37,361 → $47,548 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$67,700 → $77,900 (+15.1%)	$49,100 → $60,800 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$523 → $580 (+10.9%)	$760 → $932 (+22.6%)

Mullens

Population

1,4352,267

Median household income

$44,688$65,625

Median home value

$67,700$77,900

Median gross rent

$523$580

Oceana

Population

1,1921,421

Median household income

$37,361$47,548

Median home value

$49,100$60,800

Median gross rent

$760$932

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mullens	Oceana
Under 5	3.3%	0.7%
5 to 17	15.1%	10.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	15.8%
35 to 44	21.8%	16.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	15.6%
55 to 64	8.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	14.2%	10.3%
75 and over	7.5%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mullens	Oceana
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	95.3%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mullens	Oceana
No high school diploma	5.6%	21.9%
High school graduate	35.1%	54.4%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mullens	Oceana
Drove alone	95.4%	72.3%
Carpooled	2.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	10.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mullens	Oceana
1-unit, detached	89.5%	46.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	31.4%

Poverty & households

	Mullens	Oceana
Poverty rate	17.7%	27.1%
Average household size	3.06	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1954	1978