West Virginia · Census place 5457148
Mullens, West Virginia
Mullens is a city in Wyoming County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,357 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 81st largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,357
- #81 of 100 in West Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -7.5%
- -110 people
- Land area
- 1.8 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 738 / sq mi
- State median 1,823
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Mullens population, 2020 to 2024
Mullens lost 110 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -7.5%. In the latest year it moved by -24.
Mullens covers 1.84 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 738 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Mullens is less dense than the typical town.
What county Mullens is in
All of Mullens's residents live in Wyoming County, which had 19,964 residents in 2024. Mullens holds 6.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Mullens
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Mullens by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 25882, 25928. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Mullens is
The Census internal point of Mullens is at 37.582500, -81.386200. Charleston, the capital, is 53.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oceana, WV (1,376 people), 15.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 119.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.582500, -81.386200
- DMS
- 37°34'57.00"N 81°23'10.32"W
- UTM
- 17N 465901.3E 4159564.3N
- Geohash
- dnwju18mu
- Plus code
- 869WHJM7+2G
Daylight in Mullens
At 37.58° N, Mullens gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Mullens
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Sophia, 11.3 miles away, with 1,081 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Mullens, WV?
1,357 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 110 (7.5%) from 1,467 in July 2020.
What county is Mullens in?
Wyoming County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Mullens?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 25882, 25928.
How far is Mullens from Charleston?
53.5 miles (86.1 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Mullens.
What is the nearest larger city to Mullens?
Oceana, WV, with 1,376 residents, 15.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.