Gridley vs Oroville East

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

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

Gridley has the higher population (7,372 vs 7,369 in Oroville East). Oroville East has the higher median household income ($86,932 vs $57,860 in Gridley). Oroville East has the higher median home value ($381,900 vs $297,700 in Gridley).

Population, income & housing

	Gridley	Oroville East
Population	7,372	7,369
Median age	34.3 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,860	$86,932
Median home value	$297,700	$381,900
Median gross rent	$1,127	$1,351
Housing units	2,703	3,196
Homeownership rate	46.8%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gridley	Oroville East
Population	6,744 → 7,372 (+9.3%)	7,771 → 7,369 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$46,477 → $57,860 (+24.5%)	$55,054 → $86,932 (+57.9%)
Median home value	$190,500 → $297,700 (+56.3%)	$264,200 → $381,900 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $1,127 (+41.8%)	$857 → $1,351 (+57.6%)

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 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)

	Gridley	Oroville East
Under 5	6.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	23.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.1%	16.2%
75 and over	6.9%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gridley	Oroville East
White (non-Hispanic)	54.9%	71.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	2.6%
Asian	0.9%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	39.9%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gridley	Oroville East
No high school diploma	17.9%	8.5%
High school graduate	26.8%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gridley	Oroville East
Drove alone	83.2%	77.7%
Carpooled	10.6%	11.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	10.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gridley	Oroville East
1-unit, detached	78.9%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Gridley	Oroville East
Poverty rate	11.6%	11.0%
Average household size	2.88	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1966	1979