Paradise vs Waldo

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

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

Paradise has the higher population (35 vs 22 in Waldo). Paradise has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $40,750 in Waldo). Since 2019, Paradise's population has grown faster (+20.7% vs -58.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Paradise	Waldo
Population	35	22
Median age	57.8 yrs	71.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,750	$40,750
Median home value	$28,800	—
Housing units	30	41
Homeownership rate	100.0%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paradise	Waldo
Population	29 → 35 (+20.7%)	53 → 22 (-58.5%)
Median household income	$98,333 → $88,750 (-9.7%)	$31,000 → $40,750 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$63,000 → $28,800 (-54.3%)	—

Paradise

Population

2935

Median household income

$98,333$88,750

Median home value

$63,000$28,800

Waldo

Population

5322

Median household income

$31,000$40,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paradise	Waldo
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	20.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	34.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	20.0%	86.4%
75 and over	22.9%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paradise	Waldo
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paradise	Waldo
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.4%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	41.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	22.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paradise	Waldo
Drove alone	74.2%	66.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	33.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paradise	Waldo
1-unit, detached	100.0%	82.9%
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	0.0%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Paradise	Waldo
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.59	1.69
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938