Lucas vs Paradise

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

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

Lucas has the higher population (449 vs 35 in Paradise). Paradise has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $39,453 in Lucas). Lucas has the higher median home value ($52,800 vs $28,800 in Paradise).

Population, income & housing

	Lucas	Paradise
Population	449	35
Median age	53.3 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,453	$88,750
Median home value	$52,800	$28,800
Median gross rent	$531	—
Housing units	286	30
Homeownership rate	90.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucas	Paradise
Population	370 → 449 (+21.4%)	29 → 35 (+20.7%)
Median household income	$32,340 → $39,453 (+22.0%)	$98,333 → $88,750 (-9.7%)
Median home value	$39,400 → $52,800 (+34.0%)	$63,000 → $28,800 (-54.3%)
Median gross rent	$520 → $531 (+2.1%)	—

Lucas

Population

370449

Median household income

$32,340$39,453

Median home value

$39,400$52,800

Median gross rent

$520$531

Paradise

Population

2935

Median household income

$98,333$88,750

Median home value

$63,000$28,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lucas	Paradise
Under 5	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.9%	2.9%
18 to 24	14.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.7%	20.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	34.3%
65 to 74	19.6%	20.0%
75 and over	11.1%	22.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucas	Paradise
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	2.9%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucas	Paradise
No high school diploma	6.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.1%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	53.6%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	41.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucas	Paradise
Drove alone	77.0%	74.2%
Carpooled	20.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	25.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lucas	Paradise
1-unit, detached	81.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lucas	Paradise
Poverty rate	15.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.15	1.59
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1960	1938