Lake Bridgeport vs Paradise

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

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

Paradise has the higher population (489 vs 347 in Lake Bridgeport). Lake Bridgeport has the higher median household income ($71,538 vs $64,444 in Paradise). Paradise has the higher median home value ($229,200 vs $195,800 in Lake Bridgeport).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Bridgeport	Paradise
Population	347	489
Median age	48.8 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,538	$64,444
Median home value	$195,800	$229,200
Median gross rent	$1,286	$1,375
Housing units	194	219
Homeownership rate	66.4%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Bridgeport	Paradise
Population	409 → 347 (-15.2%)	548 → 489 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $71,538 (+39.6%)	$43,182 → $64,444 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$174,200 → $195,800 (+12.4%)	$108,600 → $229,200 (+111.0%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $1,286 (+47.0%)	$850 → $1,375 (+61.8%)

Lake Bridgeport

Population

409347

Median household income

$51,250$71,538

Median home value

$174,200$195,800

Median gross rent

$875$1,286

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)

	Lake Bridgeport	Paradise
Under 5	2.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	12.4%	14.1%
18 to 24	15.9%	14.5%
25 to 34	7.8%	8.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	20.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	13.5%	5.1%
75 and over	6.9%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Bridgeport	Paradise
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	67.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	26.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Bridgeport	Paradise
No high school diploma	12.0%	18.2%
High school graduate	39.7%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Bridgeport	Paradise
Drove alone	84.9%	72.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Bridgeport	Paradise
1-unit, detached	74.7%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Bridgeport	Paradise
Poverty rate	11.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.48	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1984	1985