Oroville vs Oroville East

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

Oroville and Oroville East 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 7,369 in Oroville East). Oroville East has the higher median household income ($86,932 vs $51,893 in Oroville). Oroville East has the higher median home value ($381,900 vs $280,600 in Oroville).

Population, income & housing

	Oroville	Oroville East
Population	19,855	7,369
Median age	35.5 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,893	$86,932
Median home value	$280,600	$381,900
Median gross rent	$1,074	$1,351
Housing units	7,841	3,196
Homeownership rate	51.0%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oroville	Oroville East
Population	19,393 → 19,855 (+2.4%)	7,771 → 7,369 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$34,428 → $51,893 (+50.7%)	$55,054 → $86,932 (+57.9%)
Median home value	$183,600 → $280,600 (+52.8%)	$264,200 → $381,900 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,074 (+26.7%)	$857 → $1,351 (+57.6%)

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

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)

	Oroville	Oroville East
Under 5	7.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	17.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	14.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	16.2%
75 and over	5.0%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oroville	Oroville East
White (non-Hispanic)	56.6%	71.2%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	2.6%
Asian	11.3%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oroville	Oroville East
No high school diploma	17.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	29.4%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oroville	Oroville East
Drove alone	77.4%	77.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	11.1%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	10.5%
Other means	2.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oroville	Oroville East
1-unit, detached	61.9%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Oroville	Oroville East
Poverty rate	21.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.63	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1967	1979