West Virginia · Census place 5460364
Oceana, West Virginia
Oceana is a town in Wyoming County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,376 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 80th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,376
- #80 of 100 in West Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -5.7%
- -83 people
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,067 / sq mi
- State median 1,823
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Oceana population, 2020 to 2024
Oceana lost 83 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.7%. In the latest year it moved by -20.
Oceana covers 1.29 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,067 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Oceana is less dense than the typical town.
What county Oceana is in
All of Oceana's residents live in Wyoming County, which had 19,964 residents in 2024. Oceana holds 6.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Oceana
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Oceana by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24857, 24870. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Oceana is
The Census internal point of Oceana is at 37.693400, -81.629900. Charleston, the capital, is 44.4 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Welch, WV (3,413 people), 18.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 133.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.693400, -81.629900
- DMS
- 37°41'36.24"N 81°37'47.64"W
- UTM
- 17N 444466.7E 4171984.7N
- Geohash
- dntyqmygv
- Plus code
- 869WM9VC+92
Daylight in Oceana
At 37.69° N, Oceana gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Oceana
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Mullens, 15.4 miles away, with 1,357 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Oceana, WV?
1,376 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 83 (5.7%) from 1,459 in July 2020.
What county is Oceana in?
Wyoming County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Oceana?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 24857, 24870.
How far is Oceana from Charleston?
44.4 miles (71.5 km) in a straight line, heading N from Oceana.
What is the nearest larger city to Oceana?
Welch, WV, with 3,413 residents, 18.5 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.