Durham vs Oroville East

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

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

Oroville East has the higher population (7,369 vs 6,111 in Durham). Durham has the higher median household income ($120,778 vs $86,932 in Oroville East). Durham has the higher median home value ($612,100 vs $381,900 in Oroville East).

Population, income & housing

	Durham	Oroville East
Population	6,111	7,369
Median age	50.7 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$120,778	$86,932
Median home value	$612,100	$381,900
Median gross rent	$1,092	$1,351
Housing units	2,175	3,196
Homeownership rate	69.7%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durham	Oroville East
Population	5,987 → 6,111 (+2.1%)	7,771 → 7,369 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$83,788 → $120,778 (+44.1%)	$55,054 → $86,932 (+57.9%)
Median home value	$500,300 → $612,100 (+22.3%)	$264,200 → $381,900 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,433 → $1,092 (-23.8%)	$857 → $1,351 (+57.6%)

Durham

Population

5,9876,111

Median household income

$83,788$120,778

Median home value

$500,300$612,100

Median gross rent

$1,433$1,092

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)

	Durham	Oroville East
Under 5	6.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	9.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	7.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	7.2%	9.4%
45 to 54	17.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	20.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	14.8%	16.2%
75 and over	7.0%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durham	Oroville East
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	71.2%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	2.6%
Asian	2.4%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durham	Oroville East
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.5%
High school graduate	19.4%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durham	Oroville East
Drove alone	68.0%	77.7%
Carpooled	12.7%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	10.5%
Other means	2.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durham	Oroville East
1-unit, detached	78.7%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Durham	Oroville East
Poverty rate	5.1%	11.0%
Average household size	2.89	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1973	1979