Brookdale vs Paradise Park

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

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

Brookdale has the higher population (1,308 vs 647 in Paradise Park). Brookdale has the higher median household income ($88,603 vs $73,640 in Paradise Park). Since 2019, Paradise Park's population has grown faster (+17.6% vs -32.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Brookdale	Paradise Park
Population	1,308	647
Median age	51.0 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,603	$73,640
Median home value	$810,500	—
Median gross rent	$1,201	—
Housing units	708	503
Homeownership rate	64.6%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.6%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookdale	Paradise Park
Population	1,939 → 1,308 (-32.5%)	550 → 647 (+17.6%)
Median household income	$108,790 → $88,603 (-18.6%)	$81,420 → $73,640 (-9.6%)
Median home value	$648,900 → $810,500 (+24.9%)	$343,600 → $437,800 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$909 → $1,201 (+32.1%)	—

Brookdale

Population

1,9391,308

Median household income

$108,790$88,603

Median home value

$648,900$810,500

Median gross rent

$909$1,201

Paradise Park

Population

550647

Median household income

$81,420$73,640

Median home value

$343,600$437,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookdale	Paradise Park
Under 5	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.7%
25 to 34	6.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	16.1%	1.5%
55 to 64	17.9%	30.0%
65 to 74	20.1%	19.2%
75 and over	3.4%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookdale	Paradise Park
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	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	9.8%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookdale	Paradise Park
No high school diploma	4.8%	8.1%
High school graduate	5.6%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookdale	Paradise Park
Drove alone	67.4%	78.9%
Carpooled	2.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.9%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookdale	Paradise Park
1-unit, detached	79.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	13.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	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

	Brookdale	Paradise Park
Poverty rate	10.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.09	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	49	28
Median year structure built	1960	1956