Paradise is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 6,516 people and six associated neighborhoods, Paradise is the 531st largest community in California.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.63% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Paradise has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Paradise has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Paradise than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Paradise may be for you.
The citizens of Paradise are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.52% of adults in Paradise having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Paradise in 2022 was $34,255, which is middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $137,020 for a family of four. However, Paradise contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Paradise is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Paradise home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Paradise residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Paradise include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Paradise is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.