Oroville is a very small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 1,911 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: 10.75% 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.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 14.05 minutes getting to work every day.

The citizens of Oroville have a very low rate of college education: just 8.53% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in Oroville in 2022 was $31,122, which is low income relative to Washington, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,488 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 24.05% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Oroville include German, Irish, English, Canadian, and Scottish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Oroville's cultural character, accounting for 22.55% of the city’s population.

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