Oroville is a very small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 1,827 people and two associated neighborhoods, Oroville is the 228th largest community in Washington.
You will also find that a lot of people in Oroville work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.15% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
One of the benefits of Oroville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 13.74 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
As is often the case in a small city, Oroville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Oroville have a very low rate of college education: just 8.73% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Oroville in 2022 was $18,755, which is low income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,020 for a family of four. However, Oroville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Oroville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.69% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Oroville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Oroville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oroville residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Oroville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.77% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Oroville include German, Irish, English, Scandinavian, and Italian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Oroville's cultural character, accounting for 18.14% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Oroville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.