Aurora vs Paradise

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

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

Aurora has the higher population (1,453 vs 489 in Paradise). Aurora has the higher median household income ($87,708 vs $64,444 in Paradise). Aurora has the higher median home value ($244,100 vs $229,200 in Paradise).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Paradise
Population	1,453	489
Median age	42.3 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$87,708	$64,444
Median home value	$244,100	$229,200
Median gross rent	$1,272	$1,375
Housing units	505	219
Homeownership rate	78.7%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Paradise
Population	1,452 → 1,453 (+0.1%)	548 → 489 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$76,932 → $87,708 (+14.0%)	$43,182 → $64,444 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$262,000 → $244,100 (-6.8%)	$108,600 → $229,200 (+111.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,145 → $1,272 (+11.1%)	$850 → $1,375 (+61.8%)

Aurora

Population

1,4521,453

Median household income

$76,932$87,708

Median home value

$262,000$244,100

Median gross rent

$1,145$1,272

Paradise

Population

548489

Median household income

$43,182$64,444

Median home value

$108,600$229,200

Median gross rent

$850$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Paradise
Under 5	8.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	14.5%
25 to 34	7.5%	8.8%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	16.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	5.1%
75 and over	7.0%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Paradise
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	67.9%
Black or African American	1.8%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	26.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Paradise
No high school diploma	11.9%	18.2%
High school graduate	34.1%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Paradise
Drove alone	76.6%	72.3%
Carpooled	8.5%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Paradise
1-unit, detached	59.2%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.6%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Paradise
Poverty rate	6.4%	6.7%
Average household size	3.03	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1994	1985