Berry Creek vs South Oroville

A side-by-side comparison of Berry Creek and South Oroville: population, income, housing, and more.

Berry Creek and South Oroville are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

South Oroville has the higher population (2,811 vs 793 in Berry Creek). South Oroville has the higher median household income ($64,785 vs $47,679 in Berry Creek). Berry Creek has the higher median home value ($276,400 vs $248,400 in South Oroville).

Population, income & housing

	Berry Creek	South Oroville
Population	793	2,811
Median age	54.9 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,679	$64,785
Median home value	$276,400	$248,400
Median gross rent	$989	$1,288
Housing units	515	1,184
Homeownership rate	83.4%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	21.4%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berry Creek	South Oroville
Population	1,313 → 793 (-39.6%)	2,906 → 2,811 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$34,495 → $47,679 (+38.2%)	$46,917 → $64,785 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$173,000 → $276,400 (+59.8%)	$154,600 → $248,400 (+60.7%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $989 (+23.9%)	$983 → $1,288 (+31.0%)

Berry Creek

Population

1,313793

Median household income

$34,495$47,679

Median home value

$173,000$276,400

Median gross rent

$798$989

South Oroville

Population

2,9062,811

Median household income

$46,917$64,785

Median home value

$154,600$248,400

Median gross rent

$983$1,288

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berry Creek	South Oroville
Under 5	0.5%	14.4%
5 to 17	12.1%	12.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	5.3%	21.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	14.9%
45 to 54	23.6%	7.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	11.7%
65 to 74	28.9%	10.7%
75 and over	6.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berry Creek	South Oroville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	51.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	27.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berry Creek	South Oroville
No high school diploma	11.7%	15.2%
High school graduate	33.3%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	46.6%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berry Creek	South Oroville
Drove alone	61.4%	73.1%
Carpooled	3.8%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.8%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berry Creek	South Oroville
1-unit, detached	58.6%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.4%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Berry Creek	South Oroville
Poverty rate	30.3%	25.8%
Average household size	2.23	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	46	22
Median year structure built	1984	1972