Oroville East vs Palermo

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

Oroville East and Palermo 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 5,440 in Palermo). Oroville East has the higher median household income ($86,932 vs $47,893 in Palermo). Oroville East has the higher median home value ($381,900 vs $287,000 in Palermo).

Population, income & housing

	Oroville East	Palermo
Population	7,369	5,440
Median age	47.0 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$86,932	$47,893
Median home value	$381,900	$287,000
Median gross rent	$1,351	$1,067
Housing units	3,196	2,330
Homeownership rate	88.5%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oroville East	Palermo
Population	7,771 → 7,369 (-5.2%)	5,395 → 5,440 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$55,054 → $86,932 (+57.9%)	$42,227 → $47,893 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$264,200 → $381,900 (+44.5%)	$215,300 → $287,000 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,351 (+57.6%)	$885 → $1,067 (+20.6%)

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

Palermo

Population

5,3955,440

Median household income

$42,227$47,893

Median home value

$215,300$287,000

Median gross rent

$885$1,067

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oroville East	Palermo
Under 5	3.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	7.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	18.5%
65 to 74	16.2%	15.6%
75 and over	12.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oroville East	Palermo
White (non-Hispanic)	71.2%	60.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	2.1%
Asian	4.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	25.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oroville East	Palermo
No high school diploma	8.5%	17.4%
High school graduate	25.6%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oroville East	Palermo
Drove alone	77.7%	77.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	8.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oroville East	Palermo
1-unit, detached	81.1%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	42.2%

Poverty & households

	Oroville East	Palermo
Poverty rate	11.0%	21.0%
Average household size	2.50	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1979	1978