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Paradise, CA

6,793 Population
18.3 square miles 370.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.3 ±5.7 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Chico, CA Metro Area: 36.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$36,444 ±$5,674 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Chico, CA Metro Area: $37,965 ±$1,037
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$67,042 ±$21,456 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Chico, CA Metro Area: $68,574 ±$2,351
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

18% ±8% (1,188  ±527) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Chico, CA Metro Area: 18.3% 37,531 (±0.9% / ±1,779)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

22.4 minutes ±2.8 (32,895  ±9,863) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Chico, CA Metro Area: 21.2 1,708,665 (±0.6 / ±62,958)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

3,036 ±284 Number of households
  • the Chico, CA Metro Area: 82,345 ±797
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.1 ±0.2 (6,380  ±53) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Chico, CA Metro Area: 2.5 203,212 (±0 / ±92)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

8.7% ±6.9% (65  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Chico, CA Metro Area: 4.5% † 2,284 (±0.8% / ±424)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

3,417 ±293 Number of housing units
  • the Chico, CA Metro Area: 91,176 ±88
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$391,100 ±$38,041 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Chico, CA Metro Area: $408,700 ±$8,846
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

19.7% ±8.8% (1,334  ±593.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Chico, CA Metro Area: 18.7% 38,854 (±1.1% / ±2,208.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

94.9% ±12.8% (5,011  ±746.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Chico, CA Metro Area: 90.3% 123,067 (±2% / ±2,696.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
30.9% ±8.2% (1,631  ±442.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Chico, CA Metro Area: 31.7% 43,218 (±1.2% / ±1,593.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

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

3.1% ±1.9% (212  ±131) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Chico, CA Metro Area: 8% 16,810
  • about 10 percent of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

17.5% ±6.9% (1,023  ±407) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Chico, CA Metro Area: 6.9% 11,472 (±0.5% / ±850)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
1,023 Total veterans ±407 852 Male ±278 171 Female ±206

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