Butte Valley vs South Oroville

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

Butte Valley 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 870 in Butte Valley). Butte Valley has the higher median household income ($94,531 vs $64,785 in South Oroville). Butte Valley has the higher median home value ($492,400 vs $248,400 in South Oroville).

Population, income & housing

	Butte Valley	South Oroville
Population	870	2,811
Median age	56.3 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$94,531	$64,785
Median home value	$492,400	$248,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,288
Housing units	494	1,184
Homeownership rate	100.0%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.5%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butte Valley	South Oroville
Population	736 → 870 (+18.2%)	2,906 → 2,811 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$80,984 → $94,531 (+16.7%)	$46,917 → $64,785 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$511,400 → $492,400 (-3.7%)	$154,600 → $248,400 (+60.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$983 → $1,288 (+31.0%)

Butte Valley

Population

736870

Median household income

$80,984$94,531

Median home value

$511,400$492,400

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)

	Butte Valley	South Oroville
Under 5	7.9%	14.4%
5 to 17	13.9%	12.2%
18 to 24	2.2%	3.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	21.3%
35 to 44	4.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	7.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	26.6%	10.7%
75 and over	11.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butte Valley	South Oroville
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	51.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	23.6%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	27.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butte Valley	South Oroville
No high school diploma	3.9%	15.2%
High school graduate	18.9%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butte Valley	South Oroville
Drove alone	52.6%	73.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	47.4%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butte Valley	South Oroville
1-unit, detached	80.8%	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	19.2%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Butte Valley	South Oroville
Poverty rate	12.4%	25.8%
Average household size	1.88	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1987	1972