Pajaro Dunes vs Paradise Park

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

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

Paradise Park has the higher population (647 vs 103 in Pajaro Dunes). Since 2019, Paradise Park's population has grown faster (+17.6% vs -63.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Pajaro Dunes	Paradise Park
Population	103	647
Median age	70.5 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$73,640
Median home value	$2,000,001	—
Housing units	513	503
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pajaro Dunes	Paradise Park
Population	284 → 103 (-63.7%)	550 → 647 (+17.6%)
Median household income	—	$81,420 → $73,640 (-9.6%)
Median home value	$740,200 → $2,000,001 (+170.2%)	$343,600 → $437,800 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,977 → $3,010 (+1.1%)	—

Pajaro Dunes

Population

284103

Median home value

$740,200$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,977$3,010

Paradise Park

Population

550647

Median household income

$81,420$73,640

Median home value

$343,600$437,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pajaro Dunes	Paradise Park
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	1.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	30.0%
65 to 74	68.0%	19.2%
75 and over	21.4%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pajaro Dunes	Paradise Park
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.2%
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%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pajaro Dunes	Paradise Park
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	32.0%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pajaro Dunes	Paradise Park
Drove alone	0.0%	78.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.4%
Other means	100.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pajaro Dunes	Paradise Park
1-unit, detached	49.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	23.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pajaro Dunes	Paradise Park
Poverty rate	10.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.81	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1975	1956