Work & commute · Oroville

Work & commute in Oroville, CA

About one in 3 of Oroville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Chico (13%), Oroville East (7%) and Sacramento (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

1,999 of 6,286 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,287 Oroville residents head out of town to work, 1,999 work right here, and 9,068 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oroville.

4,287live here, work elsewhere

1,999live and work here

9,068work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oroville goes to work

Oroville (in town)right here

32%1,999

Chico22.8 mi away

13%810

Oroville East4.1 mi away

7%419

Sacramento64.3 mi away

3%178

Yuba City25.6 mi away

2%121

Thermalito2.4 mi away

1%90

South Oroville1.5 mi away

1%86

San Francisco145.7 mi away

1%82

Redding85.7 mi away

1%75

Gridley11.7 mi away

1%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,356

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Oroville commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

44%

19%

28%

44%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oroville is a job hub

1.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Oroville are

11,067 jobs are based in Oroville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oroville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oroville

11,067 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Oroville residents hold

6,286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+10%

Jobs based in Oroville, 2013 → 2023: 10,058 → 11,067. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.