Oroville East vs Paradise

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

Oroville East and Paradise 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 6,793 in Paradise). Oroville East has the higher median household income ($86,932 vs $67,042 in Paradise). Paradise has the higher median home value ($391,100 vs $381,900 in Oroville East).

Population, income & housing

	Oroville East	Paradise
Population	7,369	6,793
Median age	47.0 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,932	$67,042
Median home value	$381,900	$391,100
Median gross rent	$1,351	$1,270
Housing units	3,196	3,417
Homeownership rate	88.5%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oroville East	Paradise
Population	7,771 → 7,369 (-5.2%)	22,135 → 6,793 (-69.3%)
Median household income	$55,054 → $86,932 (+57.9%)	$51,566 → $67,042 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$264,200 → $381,900 (+44.5%)	$223,400 → $391,100 (+75.1%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,351 (+57.6%)	$1,079 → $1,270 (+17.7%)

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

Paradise

Population

22,1356,793

Median household income

$51,566$67,042

Median home value

$223,400$391,100

Median gross rent

$1,079$1,270

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oroville East	Paradise
Under 5	3.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	17.6%	10.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.1%	5.3%
35 to 44	9.4%	5.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	8.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	16.2%	19.8%
75 and over	12.7%	23.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oroville East	Paradise
White (non-Hispanic)	71.2%	81.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.8%
Asian	4.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.6%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oroville East	Paradise
No high school diploma	8.5%	5.1%
High school graduate	25.6%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oroville East	Paradise
Drove alone	77.7%	77.6%
Carpooled	11.1%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	14.6%
Other means	0.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oroville East	Paradise
1-unit, detached	81.1%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Oroville East	Paradise
Poverty rate	11.0%	18.0%
Average household size	2.50	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1979	1986