Oroville is a very small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 1,852 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: 15.04% 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.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Oroville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Oroville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Oroville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 13.94 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

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

In Oroville, just 8.41% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Oroville in 2022 was $21,276, which is low income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,104 for a family of four. However, Oroville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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 31.02% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Oroville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Oroville's cultural character, accounting for 18.86% of the city’s population.

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