Chico vs Oroville East

A side-by-side comparison of Chico and Oroville East: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chico has the higher population (102,032 vs 7,369 in Oroville East). Oroville East has the higher median household income ($86,932 vs $67,929 in Chico). Chico has the higher median home value ($455,300 vs $381,900 in Oroville East).

Population, income & housing

	Chico	Oroville East
Population	102,032	7,369
Median age	31.0 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,929	$86,932
Median home value	$455,300	$381,900
Median gross rent	$1,442	$1,351
Housing units	45,451	3,196
Homeownership rate	44.3%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chico	Oroville East
Population	94,529 → 102,032 (+7.9%)	7,771 → 7,369 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$53,324 → $67,929 (+27.4%)	$55,054 → $86,932 (+57.9%)
Median home value	$327,700 → $455,300 (+38.9%)	$264,200 → $381,900 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,442 (+31.1%)	$857 → $1,351 (+57.6%)

Chico

Population

94,529102,032

Median household income

$53,324$67,929

Median home value

$327,700$455,300

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,442

Oroville East

Population

7,7717,369

Median household income

$55,054$86,932

Median home value

$264,200$381,900

Median gross rent

$857$1,351

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chico	Oroville East
Under 5	4.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	21.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.4%
45 to 54	9.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	8.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	16.2%
75 and over	5.5%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chico	Oroville East
White (non-Hispanic)	65.7%	71.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	2.6%
Asian	4.9%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chico	Oroville East
No high school diploma	6.8%	8.5%
High school graduate	16.1%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chico	Oroville East
Drove alone	69.8%	77.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	11.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	10.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chico	Oroville East
1-unit, detached	51.7%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Chico	Oroville East
Poverty rate	22.1%	11.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	17	29
Median year structure built	1983	1979