Oroville East has higher unemployment (12.4%) than 98% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Oroville East is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Oroville East C+; getting around on foot earns it D. About one in ten work in Oroville East; the top destination outside it is Oroville (33%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Oroville East apart
Why Oroville East gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oroville East is better than 35% of U.S. towns, #612 of 847 in California. Household income holds Oroville East’s grade up ($94,512, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oroville East could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Out of Oroville East to work: where people go
Where Oroville East clocks in
33% of workers
11% of workers
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The daily flow of workers through Oroville East
On a workday 2,383 residents head out to work, 217 work right here, and 1,293 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,400 people are in Oroville East on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Services make up most of the work in Oroville East
1,510 jobs are based in Oroville East.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oroville East, 2014 → 2024: 1,302 → 1,510. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oroville East’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Oroville East: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oroville East workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,371 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Oroville East
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Oroville East, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oroville East is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #829 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Oroville East near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,724 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.4% of Oroville East households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oroville East’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Oroville East ranks: 2,157th of 3,027 U.S. towns of 5,300 to 10,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 118 | La Habra Heights CA | 5,327 | $180K | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,155 | Littlefield TX | 5,675 | $61K | 14.7% | 2.7% | 17% | C+ |
| 2,156 | Ridgeway NY | 6,429 | $70K | 10.4% | 5.3% | 17% | C+ |
| 2,157 | Oroville East CA | 7,504 | $95K | 8.7% | 12.4% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,158 | Fairview GA | 5,302 | $64K | 13.1% | 4.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,159 | Blaine WA | 6,475 | $84K | 13.1% | 5.5% | 18% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,027 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Oroville East, the top three, the last and three more from California.
35% of Oroville East works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oroville East workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oroville East | – | C+ | D | 29 min | $94,512 |
| Oroville | 33% | D | B+ | 20 min | $52,270 |
| Palermo | under 2% | D | C | 29 min | $50,588 |
| Kelly Ridge | under 2% | C− | C+ | 25 min | $54,631 |
| South Oroville | 2% | D | C | 23 min | $65,409 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Oroville. Darker towns draw more of Oroville East’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Oroville East: questions
What is the median household income in Oroville East?
$94,512 (±$15,201) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oroville East?
8.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oroville East?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oroville East work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oroville (33%, 4 mi), Chico (11%, 26 mi), Yuba City (2%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Oroville East walkable?
Oroville East is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oroville East without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oroville East, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oroville East
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.