Oroville EastCA
With 7,504 residents, it is a town in California.
Is Oroville East a good place to live?
A tough set of grades. Its weakest subject is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. At about $405K, a typical home costs 6 years of the Chico metro’s $68K median household income. It also trails on schools: its public schools trail just over four fifths of California towns on state tests and graduation. The overall grade comes out at D−, 745th of 841 in California. That leaves it better than 3% of U.S. towns. Hazard risk is weaker too: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than nearly four fifths of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index.
91% of working residents leave Oroville East for work
Where Oroville East’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Oroville East grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Oroville East is from typical.
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Moving to Oroville East: who provides what
Oroville East is unincorporated, so Butte County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Oroville East.
Oroville East has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns, owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has property taxes about half the California norm.
Oroville East’s public schools trail 81% of California districts
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. The Oroville City Elementary school district runs its public schools. 452 students attend Oroville East’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ophir ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 452 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Oroville East has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Oroville East’s risk rating from FEMA stands at 79 of 100, where California’s towns sit at 88 of 100 and U.S. towns at 44 of 100. Since 1996, 16 flood insurance claims have been paid out here. FEMA puts nearly three fifths of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 30% to wildfires.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Oroville East’s workers commute out: the town has 0.6 jobs for each of them
The median commute is under 14 miles. Jobs based in Oroville East grew to 1,570 in 2023, 271 more than in 2013. Most working residents leave Oroville East for work: only 9% work in town. The town’s typical journey to work stands at 29 minutes, close to California’s towns (28 minutes) and above U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| Oroville East | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $95,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.9% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and hot summers in Oroville East
July afternoons average 95.7°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 39.4°.
In Oroville East, the July high is 96°F.
| Oroville East | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 89°F | 85°F |
| January low | 39°F | 41°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
4% of Oroville East is conserved land
The biggest park or preserve is Lake Oroville State Recreation Area, at 298 acres. Across 2 parks and preserves: 3.3 miles of trail. Oroville East’s trail density stands at 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Oroville East | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lake Oroville State Recreation Area | 0.3 mi | 298 |
| 2. Feather River Nature Center/Native Plant Park | 0.1 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On CDC estimates, Oroville East is healthier than 53% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,364 U.S. towns with household incomes like Oroville East’s, it is less healthy than 63%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
13% of adults have diabetes in Oroville East. CDC measures, 32 in all: Oroville East beats California on 11 and trails on 10. Among adults locally, 32% sleep under 7 hours and 76% had a checkup this year.
| Oroville East | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 31% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 72% | 79% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Oroville East | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.7% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.9% | 14.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Oroville East sell for about $343K
The median property tax bill is $2,240, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
For households in Oroville East, the share who own their home is 86%. The town’s rent at the middle of the market comes in at $1,211 a month. On the market locally: a median 42 days to sell.
| Oroville East | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 86% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,211 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 55% | 55% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Oroville East
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Oroville East
About 7 of every 100 Oroville East residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
About Oroville East
Census-designated place in California, United States
Oroville East or Kelly Ridge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Butte County, California, United States. The population was 8,038 at the 2020 census, down from 8,280 at the 2010 census. Most citizens are dependent on the commerce of Oroville, and the vast majority of high school students in Kelly Ridge (Oroville East) attend Las Plumas High School. The community of Kelly Ridge sits at Lake Oroville and offers direct access to boating, camping, fishing and a variety of water sports.
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- Area
- 22 sq mi
- Area code
- 530
Oroville East’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Oroville East.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Kelly Ridge (D−) comes closest.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oroville East | #745 | D− | C− | — | C− | B− |
| Oroville | #835 | D− | C− | D− | C− | C− |
| Palermo | #840 | D− | C− | — | C− | D |
| Kelly Ridge | #761 | D− | C− | — | C− | B |
| South Oroville | #809 | D− | C− | — | C− | C+ |
Oroville East, Palermo, Kelly Ridge and South Oroville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Oroville East with a neighbor →
Questions about Oroville East
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oroville East, CA a good place to live?
Oroville East grades D− overall, better than 3% of U.S. towns and #745 of 841 in California. It grades B− for health and C− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Oroville East, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $405,000, 47% below the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.