Orofino is a very small city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 3,337 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Orofino is the 46th largest community in Idaho.

Orofino is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Orofino is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Orofino who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.57%), sales jobs (6.50%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (6.26%).

Another important characteristic of Orofino 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.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Orofino spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.95 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

As is often the case in a small city, Orofino doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Orofino Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Orofino is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 14.96%: 14.57% of adults 25 and older in Orofino have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Orofino in 2000 was $14,563, which is middle income relative to Idaho, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $58,252 for a family of four.

The people who call Orofino home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Orofino is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Orofino include German, English, Irish, Swedish, Norwegian, European, Scotch-Irish, Dutch, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Orofino is English. Some people also speak Spanish.