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Thermalito, California.

A community in Butte County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Butte County’s.

Living in Thermalito, Butte County, California

Thermalito, in Butte County, had 7,198 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $54,865 a year and half less, against $67,928 across Butte County; 20% of its people live below the poverty line. 69% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 31% are rented. Unemployment in Butte County was 6.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.

People 7,198 in the 2020 census; median age 37.0
Household income $54,865 the median, give or take $5,478 · Butte County: $67,928
Unemployment 6.2% Butte County, August 2026; 6.4% a year before
Homes 69% lived in by their owners; 31% rented
  • 2,260households
  • 11%of adults have a degree
  • 20%below the poverty line
  • 24 mintypical commute
  • 6%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment18%
  • Manufacturing13%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Building trades8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Butte County had 78,544 jobs in 2025, 0.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 55° and 40°; warmest in July, 96° and 65° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 55° 40° F M A M J J 96° 65° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 55° and 40°; warmest in July, 96° and 65° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 55° 40° F M A M J J 96° 65° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 55° and lows near 40°; warmest in July, with highs near 96° and lows near 65°. About 26 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Oroville Municipal Airport weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Butte County

  1. Enloe Medical CenterGeneral hospital3,095FTE
  2. California State University-ChicoUniversity or college1,858
  3. Chico UnifiedSchool district1,354FTE
  4. Oroville HospitalGeneral hospital1,327FTE
  5. Butte CollegeTwo-year college1,054
  6. CAL FireCal fire507
  7. Sierra Nevada Brewing CompanyBreweries459
  8. Lundberg Family FarmsRice farming, field and seed production384

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 131 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 18,366 people in all across the county; Thermalito has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. DroughtRelatively high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively high
  3. WildfireRelatively moderate
  4. EarthquakesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Thermalito’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Butte County.