Mono City vs Paradise

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

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

Mono City has the higher population (332 vs 211 in Paradise). Paradise has the higher median household income ($106,250 vs $105,466 in Mono City). Paradise has the higher median home value ($680,600 vs $258,100 in Mono City).

Population, income & housing

	Mono City	Paradise
Population	332	211
Median age	70.4 yrs	64.8 yrs
Median household income	$105,466	$106,250
Median home value	$258,100	$680,600
Housing units	163	153
Homeownership rate	75.5%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.1%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mono City	Paradise
Population	96 → 332 (+245.8%)	172 → 211 (+22.7%)
Median household income	$102,108 → $105,466 (+3.3%)	$93,000 → $106,250 (+14.2%)
Median home value	—	$430,000 → $680,600 (+58.3%)

Mono City

Population

96332

Median household income

$102,108$105,466

Paradise

Population

172211

Median household income

$93,000$106,250

Median home value

$430,000$680,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mono City	Paradise
Under 5	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.5%
35 to 44	33.1%	21.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	3.8%
55 to 64	3.0%	19.9%
65 to 74	45.2%	28.9%
75 and over	18.7%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mono City	Paradise
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	75.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	24.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mono City	Paradise
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.5%
High school graduate	15.4%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	63.0%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	23.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mono City	Paradise
Drove alone	0.0%	85.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	100.0%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mono City	Paradise
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mono City	Paradise
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.1%
Average household size	2.04	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1965	1990