Mullens vs Pineville

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

Mullens and Pineville 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 463 in Pineville). Mullens has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $42,037 in Pineville). Pineville has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $77,900 in Mullens).

Population, income & housing

	Mullens	Pineville
Population	2,267	463
Median age	39.5 yrs	65.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$42,037
Median home value	$77,900	$85,000
Median gross rent	$580	—
Housing units	1,039	300
Homeownership rate	84.2%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	23.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mullens	Pineville
Population	1,435 → 2,267 (+58.0%)	676 → 463 (-31.5%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $65,625 (+46.9%)	$43,684 → $42,037 (-3.8%)
Median home value	$67,700 → $77,900 (+15.1%)	$82,000 → $85,000 (+3.7%)
Median gross rent	$523 → $580 (+10.9%)	$839 → $839 (+0.0%)

Mullens

Population

1,4352,267

Median household income

$44,688$65,625

Median home value

$67,700$77,900

Median gross rent

$523$580

Pineville

Population

676463

Median household income

$43,684$42,037

Median home value

$82,000$85,000

Median gross rent

$839$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mullens	Pineville
Under 5	3.3%	1.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	9.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	0.6%
35 to 44	21.8%	5.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	8.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	14.2%	24.4%
75 and over	7.5%	29.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mullens	Pineville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	87.7%
Black or African American	3.7%	5.4%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mullens	Pineville
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.3%
High school graduate	35.1%	71.4%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mullens	Pineville
Drove alone	95.4%	79.0%
Carpooled	2.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	14.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	7.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mullens	Pineville
1-unit, detached	89.5%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Mullens	Pineville
Poverty rate	17.7%	18.9%
Average household size	3.06	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	26	14
Median year structure built	1954	1956