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Paradise township, Monroe County, PA

2,912 Population
21.3 square miles 136.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±5.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Monroe County: 43.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,591 ±$7,220 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Monroe County: $37,512 ±$1,055
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$83,710 ±$4,228 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Monroe County: $82,374 ±$2,758
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

8.9% ±6.4% (260  ±185) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Monroe County: 11.3% 18,566 (±1.1% / ±1,731)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

41.7 minutes ±14.5 (57,585  ±22,138) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Monroe County: 39 2,699,440 (±1.3 / ±118,688)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,178 ±222 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 60,562 ±992
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.5 (2,900  ±16) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Monroe County: 2.7 164,984 (±0 / ±60)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,429 ±247 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 79,458 ±56
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$246,100 ±$21,741 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Monroe County: $241,200 ±$5,633
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

5.4% ±3.6% (157  ±104) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Monroe County: 8.9% † 14,826 (±1.1% / ±1,812.9)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

93.1% ±13.9% (1,882  ±329.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Monroe County: 90.3% 108,147 (±2.1% / ±2,568.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
19.5% ±6.1% (394  ±129.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Monroe County: 27.9% 33,384 (±1.3% / ±1,559.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.7% ±4.7% (225  ±136) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Monroe County: 10.5% 17,614
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

4.6% ±3.1% (105  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Monroe County: 7.3% 9,838 (±0.6% / ±791)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
105 Total veterans ±70 105 Male ±70 N/A Female ±11

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