Luray vs Paradise

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

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

Luray has the higher population (159 vs 35 in Paradise). Paradise has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $62,500 in Luray). Luray has the higher median home value ($67,500 vs $28,800 in Paradise).

Population, income & housing

	Luray	Paradise
Population	159	35
Median age	63.6 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$88,750
Median home value	$67,500	$28,800
Median gross rent	$244	—
Housing units	104	30
Homeownership rate	87.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Luray	Paradise
Population	212 → 159 (-25.0%)	29 → 35 (+20.7%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $62,500 (+25.0%)	$98,333 → $88,750 (-9.7%)
Median home value	$43,200 → $67,500 (+56.3%)	$63,000 → $28,800 (-54.3%)
Median gross rent	$242 → $244 (+0.8%)	—

Luray

Population

212159

Median household income

$50,000$62,500

Median home value

$43,200$67,500

Median gross rent

$242$244

Paradise

Population

2935

Median household income

$98,333$88,750

Median home value

$63,000$28,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Luray	Paradise
Under 5	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.1%	2.9%
18 to 24	3.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	1.9%	20.0%
55 to 64	28.3%	34.3%
65 to 74	23.9%	20.0%
75 and over	18.2%	22.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Luray	Paradise
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	2.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Luray	Paradise
No high school diploma	5.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.1%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	41.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Luray	Paradise
Drove alone	50.7%	74.2%
Carpooled	27.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	25.8%
Other means	19.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Luray	Paradise
1-unit, detached	81.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Luray	Paradise
Poverty rate	6.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.21	1.59
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1953	1938