What is the population of Oroville city?

Oroville city has 1,686 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #339 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Oroville city?

Median household income in Oroville city is $35,560 a year, 54.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Oroville city?

Median gross rent is $699 a month and the median home value is $175,300, so rent absorbs about 23.6% of median household income.

Is Oroville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Oroville city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Oroville, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Oroville, Washington (Oroville, WA — Census place “Oroville city”) is 1,686 residents, ranking #339 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $35,560, the median home is worth $175,300 and median gross rent runs $699 a month. Looking for the Oroville Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Oroville, WA: 98844.

Population: 1,686Oroville city residents
Median household income: $35,560Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $175,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $699Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 58.3%Owner-occupied households

Oroville ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Oroville.

The Oroville WA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

98844

What the numbers mean in Oroville city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Oroville city median would spend about 23.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 29.2% of residents and 58.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Oroville city, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Oroville city is a small town in Washington, with 1,686 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #339 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 47% of them. The median age here is 44.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Oroville city earn a median of $35,560 a year, 54.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 61% below the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 29.2% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Oroville city is valued at $175,300, 42.2% below the national figure and 63% below the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $699 a month, 50.3% below the national figure, or roughly $8,388 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 58.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Oroville city?: Oroville city has 1,686 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #339 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Oroville city?: Median household income in Oroville city is $35,560 a year, 54.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Oroville city?: Median gross rent is $699 a month and the median home value is $175,300, so rent absorbs about 23.6% of median household income.
Is Oroville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Oroville city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Oroville city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.