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.

In addition, many people in Oroville have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around 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.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Oroville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Oroville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Oroville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Oroville may be for you.

One of the benefits of Oroville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 13.94 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Oroville is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The population of Oroville has a very low overall level of education: only 8.41% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

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.