Oroville vs Paradise

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

Oroville and Paradise 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 6,793 in Paradise). Paradise has the higher median household income ($67,042 vs $51,893 in Oroville). Paradise has the higher median home value ($391,100 vs $280,600 in Oroville).

Population, income & housing

	Oroville	Paradise
Population	19,855	6,793
Median age	35.5 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,893	$67,042
Median home value	$280,600	$391,100
Median gross rent	$1,074	$1,270
Housing units	7,841	3,417
Homeownership rate	51.0%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oroville	Paradise
Population	19,393 → 19,855 (+2.4%)	22,135 → 6,793 (-69.3%)
Median household income	$34,428 → $51,893 (+50.7%)	$51,566 → $67,042 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$183,600 → $280,600 (+52.8%)	$223,400 → $391,100 (+75.1%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,074 (+26.7%)	$1,079 → $1,270 (+17.7%)

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

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	Paradise
Under 5	7.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	16.7%	10.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	17.7%	5.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	5.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	8.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	19.8%
75 and over	5.0%	23.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oroville	Paradise
White (non-Hispanic)	56.6%	81.1%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.8%
Asian	11.3%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.5%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oroville	Paradise
No high school diploma	17.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	29.4%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oroville	Paradise
Drove alone	77.4%	77.6%
Carpooled	9.0%	4.0%
Public transit	1.0%	1.5%
Walked	3.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	14.6%
Other means	2.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oroville	Paradise
1-unit, detached	61.9%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	5.3%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Oroville	Paradise
Poverty rate	21.8%	18.0%
Average household size	2.63	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1967	1986