Palermo vs Paradise

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

Palermo 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 5,440 in Palermo). Paradise has the higher median household income ($67,042 vs $47,893 in Palermo). Paradise has the higher median home value ($391,100 vs $287,000 in Palermo).

Population, income & housing

	Palermo	Paradise
Population	5,440	6,793
Median age	43.0 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,893	$67,042
Median home value	$287,000	$391,100
Median gross rent	$1,067	$1,270
Housing units	2,330	3,417
Homeownership rate	65.6%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palermo	Paradise
Population	5,395 → 5,440 (+0.8%)	22,135 → 6,793 (-69.3%)
Median household income	$42,227 → $47,893 (+13.4%)	$51,566 → $67,042 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$215,300 → $287,000 (+33.3%)	$223,400 → $391,100 (+75.1%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $1,067 (+20.6%)	$1,079 → $1,270 (+17.7%)

Palermo

Population

5,3955,440

Median household income

$42,227$47,893

Median home value

$215,300$287,000

Median gross rent

$885$1,067

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)

	Palermo	Paradise
Under 5	5.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	10.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	5.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	5.5%
45 to 54	7.7%	8.6%
55 to 64	18.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	15.6%	19.8%
75 and over	6.3%	23.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palermo	Paradise
White (non-Hispanic)	60.6%	81.1%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.8%
Asian	1.5%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.5%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palermo	Paradise
No high school diploma	17.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	39.0%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palermo	Paradise
Drove alone	77.0%	77.6%
Carpooled	11.8%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	2.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	14.6%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palermo	Paradise
1-unit, detached	57.0%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	42.2%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Palermo	Paradise
Poverty rate	21.0%	18.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1978	1986