Chico vs Paradise

A side-by-side comparison of Chico and Paradise: population, income, housing, and more.

Chico and Paradise are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chico has the higher population (102,032 vs 6,793 in Paradise). Chico has the higher median household income ($67,929 vs $67,042 in Paradise). Chico has the higher median home value ($455,300 vs $391,100 in Paradise).

Population, income & housing

	Chico	Paradise
Population	102,032	6,793
Median age	31.0 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,929	$67,042
Median home value	$455,300	$391,100
Median gross rent	$1,442	$1,270
Housing units	45,451	3,417
Homeownership rate	44.3%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chico	Paradise
Population	94,529 → 102,032 (+7.9%)	22,135 → 6,793 (-69.3%)
Median household income	$53,324 → $67,929 (+27.4%)	$51,566 → $67,042 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$327,700 → $455,300 (+38.9%)	$223,400 → $391,100 (+75.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,442 (+31.1%)	$1,079 → $1,270 (+17.7%)

Chico

Population

94,529102,032

Median household income

$53,324$67,929

Median home value

$327,700$455,300

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,442

Paradise

Population

22,1356,793

Median household income

$51,566$67,042

Median home value

$223,400$391,100

Median gross rent

$1,079$1,270

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chico	Paradise
Under 5	4.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	14.1%	10.9%
18 to 24	21.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	15.0%	5.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	5.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	8.6%
55 to 64	8.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	19.8%
75 and over	5.5%	23.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chico	Paradise
White (non-Hispanic)	65.7%	81.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.8%
Asian	4.9%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.5%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chico	Paradise
No high school diploma	6.8%	5.1%
High school graduate	16.1%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chico	Paradise
Drove alone	69.8%	77.6%
Carpooled	9.6%	4.0%
Public transit	0.9%	1.5%
Walked	3.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	14.6%
Other means	1.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chico	Paradise
1-unit, detached	51.7%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	5.3%
20 or more units	11.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Chico	Paradise
Poverty rate	22.1%	18.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1983	1986