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Paradise, PA

1,298 Population
1.2 square miles 1,114.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25 ±7.1 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,639 ±$17,707 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $41,319 ±$659
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$94,934 ±$47,281 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $83,703 ±$1,740
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

15.5% ±14.1% (200  ±193) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 8.7% 47,050 (±0.6% / ±3,054)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

24.2 minutes ±3.7 (13,135  ±5,476) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 24 5,914,540 (±0.4 / ±109,905)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

363 ±113 Number of households
  • the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 210,536 ±704
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
3.5 ±0.4 (1,279  ±418) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 2.6 540,847 (±0 / ±84)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

11.7% ±9.8% (40  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 6.4% 7,866 (±0.6% / ±699)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

399 ±122 Number of housing units
  • the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 217,863 ±184
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$242,400 ±$24,960 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $279,400 ±$2,570
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

6.8% ±6.1% (85  ±81.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 10.8% 59,411 (±0.6% / ±3,207.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

84.4% ±34.6% (548  ±139.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 87.2% 329,018 (±1.2% / ±4,330.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
23.3% ±9.1% (151  ±76.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 31% 116,943 (±0.7% / ±2,505.3)
  • about two-thirds 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

4% ±3.8% (52  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 5.6% 31,113
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

1% ±1.3% (7  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 5.9% 24,963 (±0.3% / ±1,236)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
7 Total veterans ±10 7 Male ±10 N/A Female ±11

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