Durham vs Paradise

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

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

Paradise has the higher population (6,793 vs 6,111 in Durham). Durham has the higher median household income ($120,778 vs $67,042 in Paradise). Durham has the higher median home value ($612,100 vs $391,100 in Paradise).

Population, income & housing

	Durham	Paradise
Population	6,111	6,793
Median age	50.7 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$120,778	$67,042
Median home value	$612,100	$391,100
Median gross rent	$1,092	$1,270
Housing units	2,175	3,417
Homeownership rate	69.7%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durham	Paradise
Population	5,987 → 6,111 (+2.1%)	22,135 → 6,793 (-69.3%)
Median household income	$83,788 → $120,778 (+44.1%)	$51,566 → $67,042 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$500,300 → $612,100 (+22.3%)	$223,400 → $391,100 (+75.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,433 → $1,092 (-23.8%)	$1,079 → $1,270 (+17.7%)

Durham

Population

5,9876,111

Median household income

$83,788$120,778

Median home value

$500,300$612,100

Median gross rent

$1,433$1,092

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)

	Durham	Paradise
Under 5	6.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	9.5%	10.9%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	7.4%	5.3%
35 to 44	7.2%	5.5%
45 to 54	17.5%	8.6%
55 to 64	20.0%	15.3%
65 to 74	14.8%	19.8%
75 and over	7.0%	23.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durham	Paradise
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	81.1%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.8%
Asian	2.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durham	Paradise
No high school diploma	5.6%	5.1%
High school graduate	19.4%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durham	Paradise
Drove alone	68.0%	77.6%
Carpooled	12.7%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	3.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	14.6%
Other means	2.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durham	Paradise
1-unit, detached	78.7%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Durham	Paradise
Poverty rate	5.1%	18.0%
Average household size	2.89	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1973	1986