Blue Ball vs Paradise

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

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

Paradise has the higher population (1,298 vs 1,234 in Blue Ball). Blue Ball has the higher median household income ($97,173 vs $94,934 in Paradise). Blue Ball has the higher median home value ($252,700 vs $242,400 in Paradise).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ball	Paradise
Population	1,234	1,298
Median age	30.5 yrs	25.0 yrs
Median household income	$97,173	$94,934
Median home value	$252,700	$242,400
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,129
Housing units	560	399
Homeownership rate	41.6%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ball	Paradise
Population	827 → 1,234 (+49.2%)	1,147 → 1,298 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$81,667 → $97,173 (+19.0%)	$80,216 → $94,934 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$214,500 → $252,700 (+17.8%)	$202,600 → $242,400 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,366 → $1,375 (+0.7%)	$725 → $1,129 (+55.7%)

Blue Ball

Population

8271,234

Median household income

$81,667$97,173

Median home value

$214,500$252,700

Median gross rent

$1,366$1,375

Paradise

Population

1,1471,298

Median household income

$80,216$94,934

Median home value

$202,600$242,400

Median gross rent

$725$1,129

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ball	Paradise
Under 5	8.3%	11.9%
5 to 17	6.5%	31.8%
18 to 24	18.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	32.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	4.1%
55 to 64	5.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	4.9%	8.3%
75 and over	3.3%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ball	Paradise
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	75.0%
Black or African American	18.1%	1.4%
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%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ball	Paradise
No high school diploma	28.9%	15.6%
High school graduate	22.2%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ball	Paradise
Drove alone	76.4%	62.0%
Carpooled	3.3%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	5.8%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	14.2%
Other means	2.3%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ball	Paradise
1-unit, detached	54.8%	53.6%
1-unit, attached	35.2%	26.6%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ball	Paradise
Poverty rate	2.4%	15.5%
Average household size	2.50	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1972	1950