Oroville vs Tonasket

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

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

Oroville has the higher population (1,686 vs 976 in Tonasket). Tonasket has the higher median household income ($38,273 vs $35,560 in Oroville). Tonasket has the higher median home value ($206,300 vs $175,300 in Oroville).

Population, income & housing

	Oroville	Tonasket
Population	1,686	976
Median age	44.9 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,560	$38,273
Median home value	$175,300	$206,300
Median gross rent	$699	$737
Housing units	822	470
Homeownership rate	58.3%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oroville	Tonasket
Population	2,036 → 1,686 (-17.2%)	1,214 → 976 (-19.6%)
Median household income	$32,598 → $35,560 (+9.1%)	$36,008 → $38,273 (+6.3%)
Median home value	$129,100 → $175,300 (+35.8%)	$161,700 → $206,300 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $699 (+5.4%)	$706 → $737 (+4.4%)

Oroville

Population

2,0361,686

Median household income

$32,598$35,560

Median home value

$129,100$175,300

Median gross rent

$663$699

Tonasket

Population

1,214976

Median household income

$36,008$38,273

Median home value

$161,700$206,300

Median gross rent

$706$737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oroville	Tonasket
Under 5	9.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.7%	13.2%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	16.4%	4.3%
35 to 44	5.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	17.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	20.2%
65 to 74	14.1%	14.0%
75 and over	5.7%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oroville	Tonasket
White (non-Hispanic)	48.6%	78.6%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.4%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	31.0%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oroville	Tonasket
No high school diploma	22.7%	14.1%
High school graduate	35.5%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oroville	Tonasket
Drove alone	61.4%	63.4%
Carpooled	15.9%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	11.9%
Worked from home	15.0%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oroville	Tonasket
1-unit, detached	73.1%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	20.6%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	6.4%
20 or more units	1.6%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Oroville	Tonasket
Poverty rate	29.2%	16.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	11	19
Median year structure built	1962	1961