Paradise vs Thermalito

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

Paradise and Thermalito 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 6,645 in Thermalito). Paradise has the higher median household income ($67,042 vs $53,814 in Thermalito). Paradise has the higher median home value ($391,100 vs $257,400 in Thermalito).

Population, income & housing

	Paradise	Thermalito
Population	6,793	6,645
Median age	60.3 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,042	$53,814
Median home value	$391,100	$257,400
Median gross rent	$1,270	$1,104
Housing units	3,417	2,493
Homeownership rate	79.1%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paradise	Thermalito
Population	22,135 → 6,793 (-69.3%)	6,894 → 6,645 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$51,566 → $67,042 (+30.0%)	$36,964 → $53,814 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$223,400 → $391,100 (+75.1%)	$163,700 → $257,400 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,079 → $1,270 (+17.7%)	$1,124 → $1,104 (-1.8%)

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

Thermalito

Population

6,8946,645

Median household income

$36,964$53,814

Median home value

$163,700$257,400

Median gross rent

$1,124$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paradise	Thermalito
Under 5	3.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.9%	19.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	14.0%
25 to 34	5.3%	8.3%
35 to 44	5.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	8.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	19.8%	10.0%
75 and over	23.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paradise	Thermalito
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	47.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	2.0%
Asian	1.9%	23.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	7.3%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paradise	Thermalito
No high school diploma	5.1%	22.4%
High school graduate	23.6%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paradise	Thermalito
Drove alone	77.6%	79.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	13.0%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	6.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paradise	Thermalito
1-unit, detached	68.3%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Paradise	Thermalito
Poverty rate	18.0%	17.2%
Average household size	2.10	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1986	1971