With 19,752 people, Oroville is a city in California. 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Since 2000 the city has risen by half, up 6,748 people. That trails the California median by roughly 47%. Owners hold 53% of the housing stock. 21.4% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $52,270, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 35.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
12% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 100%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Oroville
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants43.1% → 53.0%(+9.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$148,804 → $311,600(+109%)US over the same years: +67%
Hispanic share4.6% → 21.7%(+17.1 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Oroville's population equals 9.5% of Butte County's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 3.8% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 4.6% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)16.4%(195)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18.9%(224)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era45.4%(539)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War9.2%(109)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.6%(7)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,188 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Oroville, decade by decade
Oroville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
11,960
$39,875
$148,804
10.5%
47.1
2000
13,004
$39,914
$155,934
10.8%
55.1
2010
15,546
$53,430
$308,142
13.0%
62.1
2020
20,042
$41,659
$232,711
13.6%
77.3
2024
19,752
$52,270
$311,600
12.2%
79.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
