Gridley vs Oroville

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

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

Oroville has the higher population (19,855 vs 7,372 in Gridley). Gridley has the higher median household income ($57,860 vs $51,893 in Oroville). Gridley has the higher median home value ($297,700 vs $280,600 in Oroville).

Population, income & housing

	Gridley	Oroville
Population	7,372	19,855
Median age	34.3 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,860	$51,893
Median home value	$297,700	$280,600
Median gross rent	$1,127	$1,074
Housing units	2,703	7,841
Homeownership rate	46.8%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gridley	Oroville
Population	6,744 → 7,372 (+9.3%)	19,393 → 19,855 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$46,477 → $57,860 (+24.5%)	$34,428 → $51,893 (+50.7%)
Median home value	$190,500 → $297,700 (+56.3%)	$183,600 → $280,600 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $1,127 (+41.8%)	$848 → $1,074 (+26.7%)

Gridley

Population

6,7447,372

Median household income

$46,477$57,860

Median home value

$190,500$297,700

Median gross rent

$795$1,127

Oroville

Population

19,39319,855

Median household income

$34,428$51,893

Median home value

$183,600$280,600

Median gross rent

$848$1,074

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gridley	Oroville
Under 5	6.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	23.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	17.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.4%
75 and over	6.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gridley	Oroville
White (non-Hispanic)	54.9%	56.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	1.4%
Asian	0.9%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	39.9%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gridley	Oroville
No high school diploma	17.9%	17.0%
High school graduate	26.8%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gridley	Oroville
Drove alone	83.2%	77.4%
Carpooled	10.6%	9.0%
Public transit	0.3%	1.0%
Walked	3.2%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	6.4%
Other means	0.3%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gridley	Oroville
1-unit, detached	78.9%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	13.8%
20 or more units	1.6%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Gridley	Oroville
Poverty rate	11.6%	21.8%
Average household size	2.88	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1966	1967