Omak vs Oroville

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

Omak and Oroville are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Omak has the higher population (4,931 vs 1,686 in Oroville). Omak has the higher median household income ($75,911 vs $35,560 in Oroville). Omak has the higher median home value ($240,400 vs $175,300 in Oroville).

Population, income & housing

	Omak	Oroville
Population	4,931	1,686
Median age	38.5 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,911	$35,560
Median home value	$240,400	$175,300
Median gross rent	$828	$699
Housing units	2,175	822
Homeownership rate	62.9%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Omak	Oroville
Population	4,774 → 4,931 (+3.3%)	2,036 → 1,686 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$40,714 → $75,911 (+86.4%)	$32,598 → $35,560 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$112,600 → $240,400 (+113.5%)	$129,100 → $175,300 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $828 (+17.9%)	$663 → $699 (+5.4%)

Omak

Population

4,7744,931

Median household income

$40,714$75,911

Median home value

$112,600$240,400

Median gross rent

$702$828

Oroville

Population

2,0361,686

Median household income

$32,598$35,560

Median home value

$129,100$175,300

Median gross rent

$663$699

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Omak	Oroville
Under 5	3.7%	9.3%
5 to 17	24.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	16.4%
35 to 44	16.6%	5.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	17.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	5.6%	14.1%
75 and over	11.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Omak	Oroville
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	48.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.6%	3.4%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.4%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	31.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Omak	Oroville
No high school diploma	12.6%	22.7%
High school graduate	36.0%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Omak	Oroville
Drove alone	65.1%	61.4%
Carpooled	17.0%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.6%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Omak	Oroville
1-unit, detached	65.7%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	11.2%
20 or more units	5.2%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Omak	Oroville
Poverty rate	22.0%	29.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	11	11
Median year structure built	1973	1962