Best PlacesOroville East, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oroville East, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Oroville East ranks 22,933rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Oroville East
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Oroville East's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oroville East ranks high
- TransitBetter than 91% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 134 pleasant days a year, better than 87% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 80% of towns
- Household income$93,124 median, better than 80% of towns
- BikingBetter than 79% of towns
Where Oroville East ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,205 a month, better than only 14% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 18% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oroville East
A household needs to earn about $98,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oroville East home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $93,124; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Oroville East's effective rate of 0.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Oroville East
Oroville East runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oroville East.
Who works in Oroville East, and how
Work in Oroville East centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Oroville East
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oroville East.
What the weather is like in Oroville East, month by month
Oroville East sees roughly 134 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 100 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 50° | 41° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 48° |
| July | 100° | 83° | 66° |
| October | 82° | 66° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Oroville East
Sacramento International sits about 56 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 85 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Oroville East
Schools across Oroville East average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ophir ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Sierra Avenue ElementaryD · 18% proficient
- Golden Hills ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Nelson Avenue MiddleD · 23% proficient
- The Studios @ CentralD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Oroville HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Las Plumas HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oroville East school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oroville East measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Oroville East against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oroville East
Is Oroville East a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oroville East ranks 22,933rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, the weather, and big-city access, and lowest on summer heat and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oroville East expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $385,407. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $93,124 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Oroville East safe?
Oroville East is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $337 per resident a year.
Compare Oroville East with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oroville East. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oroville East represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Oroville East detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oroville East: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oroville East: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oroville East: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oroville East: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oroville East detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.