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Oceana, WV

1,421 Population
1.3 square miles 1,100.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±10.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wyoming County: 45.3 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$40,020 ±$31,165 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Wyoming County: $24,665 † ±$2,828
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$47,548 ±$22,093 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wyoming County: $48,038 ±$4,325
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

27.1% ±19% (379  ±295) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming County: 22.6% † 4,699 (±4.6% / ±961)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

22.5 minutes ±4.7 (12,855  ±6,255) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wyoming County: 33.1 † 200,370 (±5.4 / ±37,418)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

606 ±139 Number of households
  • Wyoming County: 7,926 ±308
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.3 ±0.6 (1,421  ±486) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wyoming County: 2.6 20,847 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

2.1% ±4.2% (9  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Wyoming County: 4.3% † 191 (±2.6% / ±115)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

732 ±145 Number of housing units
  • Wyoming County: 9,975 ±29
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$60,800 ±$41,493 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wyoming County: $78,400 † ±$9,117
  • about two-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

9.1% ±8.3% (129  ±126.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wyoming County: 7% † 1,460 (±2.8% / ±589.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

78.1% ±33.2% (893  ±257.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wyoming County: 78% 11,874 (±5.8% / ±889.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
5.9% ±4.8% (67  ±58.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Wyoming County: 12.1% † 1,833 (±2.8% / ±429.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

3% ±2.6% (38  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Wyoming County: 5.6% † 926 (±1.4% / ±235)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
38 Total veterans ±35 38 Male ±35 N/A Female ±13

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