City safety & data profile
OrovilleCA
Oroville, CA is a 16K-resident city in Butte County with a median household income of $52,270.
Butte County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Oroville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Oroville has a population larger than 32% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $311,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 16K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 33%
- By size
- $52,270
- Median income (place)
- $311,600
- Median home (place)
- 21.4%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Oroville
Oroville posts a median household income higher than 12% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Oroville area.
- Bottom 13%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Oroville
Composite score · Oroville, CA
10/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
See the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Oroville income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$52,270 Bottom 12% higher than 12% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Population ranking: CA
482 CA places (10,000+ residents, ACS income on record), sorted by population. Hover a bar for its income rank in this pool.
- Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
3,820,914 residents
- San Diego 1,404,452
San Diego, CA
1,404,452 residents
- San Jose 997,368
San Jose, CA
997,368 residents
- San Francisco 827,526
San Francisco, CA
827,526 residents
- Fresno 542,107
Fresno, CA
542,107 residents
- Sacramento 524,943
Sacramento, CA
524,943 residents
- Long Beach 474,140
Long Beach, CA
474,140 residents
- Oakland 419,267
Oakland, CA
419,267 residents
- Bakersfield 373,640
Bakersfield, CA
373,640 residents
- Anaheim 350,742
Anaheim, CA
350,742 residents
What this shows Los Angeles tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Alamo instead.
Income ranking: CA
Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Alamo
Alamo, CA
$250,001 median
- Hillsborough
Hillsborough, CA
$250,001 median
- Los Altos
Los Altos, CA
$250,001 median
- Orinda
Orinda, CA
$250,001 median
- Piedmont
Piedmont, CA
$250,001 median
- Saratoga
Saratoga, CA
$250,001 median
- Coto De Caza
Coto De Caza, CA
$243,816 median
- Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, CA
$243,227 median
- Palos Verdes Estates
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
$242,014 median
- San Carlos
San Carlos, CA
$237,470 median
What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Oroville, CA beyond the headline numbers
Oroville sits inside Butte County, California, at roughly 39.51°N, -121.56°W. Population 16,260, $52,270 median household income. Median home value $311,600, median rent $1,093. Poverty rate 21.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Oroville, 1/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 63.5°F annual average, 30.5" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 21.9% in Oroville, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
21.4% of Oroville, CA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.
7.7% unemployment puts Oroville in the toughest quarter of reporting cities for job availability.
The median home in Oroville costs around 6.0 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
12.2% of Oroville adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
Only 7.5% of Oroville workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
Median rent in Oroville, CA runs $1,093/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
Public transit carries 0% of Oroville workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Oroville from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Butte County): Oroville's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
The Economic Picture
The clearest outlier in Oroville's numbers is poverty rate: 21.4%, which is 73% above what's typical across the tracked-city set. Median household income also diverges: $52,270, 42% below average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 21.4% +73% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 7.7% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 12.2% |
| Work From Home | 7.5% |
| Public Transit | 0% |
Population Snapshot
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 1 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20241.2% above national average
Metro area: Chico, CA (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Insurance Claims History
FEMA NFIP, county-level71 flood insurance claims have been filed in Butte County since 2016, with $2.6M paid out by the NFIP.
The NFIP record does not attribute most of this county's claims to one named flood event.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Oroville?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Oroville right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet CA-OROVILLE · Oroville
Oroville: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Oroville; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology
Read with this city profile
Frequently Asked Questions 9
What is the population of Oroville, CA? ▼
What is the median household income in Oroville? ▼
What is the median home value in Oroville? ▼
What are the top health concerns in Oroville? ▼
How many hospitals are in Oroville? ▼
What is the median age in Oroville? ▼
What is the climate like in Oroville? ▼
What is the cost of living in Oroville? ▼
How many flood insurance claims has Butte County filed? ▼
Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Oroville, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (21.4% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($52,270 here).
Compare Oroville with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Cities Close By 8
Next steps for Oroville
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Oroville area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
- Compare Oroville against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Butte County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.