Oroville vs Thermalito

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

Oroville and Thermalito 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 6,645 in Thermalito). Thermalito has the higher median household income ($53,814 vs $51,893 in Oroville). Oroville has the higher median home value ($280,600 vs $257,400 in Thermalito).

Population, income & housing

	Oroville	Thermalito
Population	19,855	6,645
Median age	35.5 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,893	$53,814
Median home value	$280,600	$257,400
Median gross rent	$1,074	$1,104
Housing units	7,841	2,493
Homeownership rate	51.0%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oroville	Thermalito
Population	19,393 → 19,855 (+2.4%)	6,894 → 6,645 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$34,428 → $51,893 (+50.7%)	$36,964 → $53,814 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$183,600 → $280,600 (+52.8%)	$163,700 → $257,400 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,074 (+26.7%)	$1,124 → $1,104 (-1.8%)

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

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	Thermalito
Under 5	7.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	14.0%
25 to 34	17.7%	8.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.0%
75 and over	5.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oroville	Thermalito
White (non-Hispanic)	56.6%	47.1%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	2.0%
Asian	11.3%	23.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.5%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oroville	Thermalito
No high school diploma	17.0%	22.4%
High school graduate	29.4%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oroville	Thermalito
Drove alone	77.4%	79.3%
Carpooled	9.0%	13.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	6.8%
Other means	2.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oroville	Thermalito
1-unit, detached	61.9%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	3.4%
20 or more units	5.8%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Oroville	Thermalito
Poverty rate	21.8%	17.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1967	1971