Dorrance vs Paradise

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

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

Dorrance has the higher population (193 vs 35 in Paradise). Paradise has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $64,750 in Dorrance). Dorrance has the higher median home value ($101,000 vs $28,800 in Paradise).

Population, income & housing

	Dorrance	Paradise
Population	193	35
Median age	64.4 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,750	$88,750
Median home value	$101,000	$28,800
Housing units	121	30
Homeownership rate	95.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorrance	Paradise
Population	220 → 193 (-12.3%)	29 → 35 (+20.7%)
Median household income	$41,528 → $64,750 (+55.9%)	$98,333 → $88,750 (-9.7%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $101,000 (+41.3%)	$63,000 → $28,800 (-54.3%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $525 (+6.3%)	—

Dorrance

Population

220193

Median household income

$41,528$64,750

Median home value

$71,500$101,000

Median gross rent

$494$525

Paradise

Population

2935

Median household income

$98,333$88,750

Median home value

$63,000$28,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorrance	Paradise
Under 5	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.7%	2.9%
18 to 24	9.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	4.1%	20.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	34.3%
65 to 74	39.4%	20.0%
75 and over	8.8%	22.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorrance	Paradise
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.9%
Asian	2.1%	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%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorrance	Paradise
No high school diploma	5.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	26.3%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	51.2%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	41.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorrance	Paradise
Drove alone	81.3%	74.2%
Carpooled	18.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	25.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorrance	Paradise
1-unit, detached	95.9%	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	4.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dorrance	Paradise
Poverty rate	5.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.12	1.59
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1954	1938