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Oroville city, California: commercial real estate data.
Oroville city is a Census city of 19,752 people across 13.90 square miles of land, in Butte County. Median household income is $52,270, 53.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 36 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $25.1 m.
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Oroville
What Oroville is
- Census place typecity
- Land area13.9 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,421
- County holding the largest share of its areaButte County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oroville
How many people live in Oroville
- Population19,752
- Median age35.8
- Population under 184,682
- Share under 1823.7 percent
- Population 65 and over2,918
- Share 65 and over14.8 percent
- Households6,976
- Family households4,405
- Share of households that are families63.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oroville
Income and work in Oroville
- Median household income$52,270
- Per capita income$26,452
- Civilian labor force8,042
- Employed7,420
- Unemployed622 plus or minus 286
- Unemployment rate7.7 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Adults 25 and over13,558
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher82.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.2 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.1 percent plus or minus 1.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oroville
Housing in Oroville
- Housing units7,964
- Occupied units6,976
- Vacant units988 plus or minus 257
- Vacancy rate12.4 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Owner occupied3,696
- Renter occupied3,280
- Ownership rate53.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$311,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,093
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.1 percent
- Single family units5,274
- Share single family66.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,199
- Share in buildings of two or more27.6 percent
- Mobile homes491 plus or minus 174
- Median year structure built1967
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oroville
How Oroville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute6,485
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,810
- Share commuting under 15 minutes43.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,373 plus or minus 325
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.2 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Drove alone75.7 percent
- Carpooled10.6 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.4 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Worked from home7.5 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oroville
SBA loans in Oroville (7(a))
- Approvals36
- Gross approval$25,117,300
- Average approval$697,703
- Median approval$260,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,100,000
- Largest approval$3,800,000
- Jobs supported270
- Jobs per approval7.5
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more25.0 percent
- Share to franchises13.9 percent
- Distinct lenders16
- Distinct industries by NAICS24
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Oroville
SBA loans in Oroville (504)
- Approvals16
- Gross approval$17,787,000
- Average approval$1,111,688
- Median approval$527,000
- Largest approval$5,169,000
- Jobs supported110
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Oroville
Flood risk in Oroville
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060020
- Currently effective map date01/06/11
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Butte County, not Oroville
Butte County context, not Oroville figures
These are Butte County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Oroville measurements.
- Establishments in Butte County4,677
- Employment at those establishments, Butte County63,158
- Covered employment, Butte County78,999
- Average annual pay, Butte County$57,521
- Average weekly wage, Butte County$1,106
- Housing units permitted, Butte County946
- Of those, single family, Butte County657
- County product, 2024, Butte County$12,901,012,000
- County product change over the prior year, Butte County8.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Butte County$58,195
Every figure in this section is published for Butte County as a whole and is not a measurement of Oroville. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Oroville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Oroville, California?
19,752, in 6,976 households. Oroville city covers 13.90 square miles of land, which is 1,421 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Oroville in?
Butte County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Oroville?
$52,270. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $311,600. Median gross rent is $1,093 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Oroville businesses?
36 7(a) approvals totalling $25.1 m, across 16 lenders, median approval $260,000, plus 16 504 approvals worth $17.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Oroville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Oroville borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Oroville. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Oroville in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Oroville appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060020, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Oroville figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Butte County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Oroville.
Is zoning published for Oroville?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.