Work & commute · South Oroville

Work & commute in South Oroville, CA

Most working residents leave South Oroville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Oroville (30%), Chico (10%) and Oroville East (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 1,031 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 998 South Oroville residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 454 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Oroville.

998live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

454work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Oroville goes to work

Oroville1.5 mi away

30%311

Chico24.4 mi away

10%108

Oroville East3.4 mi away

7%75

Yuba City24.5 mi away

3%33

South Oroville (in town)right here

3%33

Sacramento62.9 mi away

2%19

Gridley11.4 mi away

2%17

Palermo3.4 mi away

2%16

Redding87.2 mi away

1%15

San Jose151.4 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%390

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

How far

How far South Oroville commutes

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

47%

17%

10%

27%

47%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Oroville is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.47 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in South Oroville are

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

Jobs based in South Oroville

487 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs South Oroville residents hold

1,031 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+5%

Jobs based in South Oroville, 2013 → 2023: 463 → 487. 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.