Mendon vs Paradise

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

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

Mendon has the higher population (1,446 vs 806 in Paradise). Mendon has the higher median household income ($141,563 vs $95,000 in Paradise). Mendon has the higher median home value ($525,000 vs $497,600 in Paradise).

Population, income & housing

	Mendon	Paradise
Population	1,446	806
Median age	35.4 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$141,563	$95,000
Median home value	$525,000	$497,600
Median gross rent	$753	$983
Housing units	440	259
Homeownership rate	90.5%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.9%	44.1%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mendon	Paradise
Population	1,214 → 1,446 (+19.1%)	990 → 806 (-18.6%)
Median household income	$80,000 → $141,563 (+77.0%)	$75,714 → $95,000 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$269,900 → $525,000 (+94.5%)	$298,800 → $497,600 (+66.5%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $753 (+3.9%)	$825 → $983 (+19.2%)

Mendon

Population

1,2141,446

Median household income

$80,000$141,563

Median home value

$269,900$525,000

Median gross rent

$725$753

Paradise

Population

990806

Median household income

$75,714$95,000

Median home value

$298,800$497,600

Median gross rent

$825$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mendon	Paradise
Under 5	6.3%	9.2%
5 to 17	24.6%	24.4%
18 to 24	11.4%	10.4%
25 to 34	7.1%	6.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	17.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	5.6%	6.2%
75 and over	3.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mendon	Paradise
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	94.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mendon	Paradise
No high school diploma	1.8%	1.8%
High school graduate	17.9%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mendon	Paradise
Drove alone	68.7%	73.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	14.3%
Other means	1.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mendon	Paradise
1-unit, detached	90.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mendon	Paradise
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.2%
Average household size	3.29	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1992	1990