Magalia vs Oroville

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

Magalia 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 7,784 in Magalia). Magalia has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $51,893 in Oroville). Oroville has the higher median home value ($280,600 vs $254,400 in Magalia).

Population, income & housing

	Magalia	Oroville
Population	7,784	19,855
Median age	45.2 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$51,893
Median home value	$254,400	$280,600
Median gross rent	$1,413	$1,074
Housing units	3,561	7,841
Homeownership rate	83.8%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Magalia	Oroville
Population	11,476 → 7,784 (-32.2%)	19,393 → 19,855 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$50,415 → $60,625 (+20.3%)	$34,428 → $51,893 (+50.7%)
Median home value	$172,900 → $254,400 (+47.1%)	$183,600 → $280,600 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $1,413 (+33.6%)	$848 → $1,074 (+26.7%)

Magalia

Population

11,4767,784

Median household income

$50,415$60,625

Median home value

$172,900$254,400

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,413

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)

	Magalia	Oroville
Under 5	6.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	17.7%
35 to 44	8.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	14.3%	8.4%
75 and over	6.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Magalia	Oroville
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	56.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	2.2%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	3.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.6%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Magalia	Oroville
No high school diploma	8.6%	17.0%
High school graduate	35.3%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Magalia	Oroville
Drove alone	70.0%	77.4%
Carpooled	12.5%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.5%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Magalia	Oroville
1-unit, detached	55.6%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.8%
20 or more units	0.7%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	41.1%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Magalia	Oroville
Poverty rate	14.6%	21.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	35	20
Median year structure built	1983	1967