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.

Another important characteristic of Oroville is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.15% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 13.74 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small city, Oroville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The population of Oroville has a very low overall level of education: only 8.73% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

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.

In addition, Oroville has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.14%).

The most common language spoken in Oroville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.