Oroville East vs Thermalito

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

Oroville East and Thermalito 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 6,645 in Thermalito). Oroville East has the higher median household income ($86,932 vs $53,814 in Thermalito). Oroville East has the higher median home value ($381,900 vs $257,400 in Thermalito).

Population, income & housing

	Oroville East	Thermalito
Population	7,369	6,645
Median age	47.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$86,932	$53,814
Median home value	$381,900	$257,400
Median gross rent	$1,351	$1,104
Housing units	3,196	2,493
Homeownership rate	88.5%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oroville East	Thermalito
Population	7,771 → 7,369 (-5.2%)	6,894 → 6,645 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$55,054 → $86,932 (+57.9%)	$36,964 → $53,814 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$264,200 → $381,900 (+44.5%)	$163,700 → $257,400 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,351 (+57.6%)	$1,124 → $1,104 (-1.8%)

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

Thermalito

Population

6,8946,645

Median household income

$36,964$53,814

Median home value

$163,700$257,400

Median gross rent

$1,124$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oroville East	Thermalito
Under 5	3.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	19.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	14.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	9.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.7%
65 to 74	16.2%	10.0%
75 and over	12.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oroville East	Thermalito
White (non-Hispanic)	71.2%	47.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	2.0%
Asian	4.6%	23.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.6%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oroville East	Thermalito
No high school diploma	8.5%	22.4%
High school graduate	25.6%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oroville East	Thermalito
Drove alone	77.7%	79.3%
Carpooled	11.1%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	6.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oroville East	Thermalito
1-unit, detached	81.1%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Oroville East	Thermalito
Poverty rate	11.0%	17.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1979	1971