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Paradise town, California: commercial real estate data.
Paradise town is a Census town of 7,392 people across 18.32 square miles of land, in Butte County. Median household income is $67,687, 74.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.2 m.
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Paradise
What Paradise is
- Census place typetown
- Land area18.32 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land404
- County holding the largest share of its areaButte County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Paradise
How many people live in Paradise
- Population7,392
- Median age57.4
- Population under 181,130 plus or minus 243
- Share under 1815.3 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Population 65 and over3,026
- Share 65 and over40.9 percent
- Households3,351
- Family households2,091
- Share of households that are families62.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Paradise
Income and work in Paradise
- Median household income$67,687 plus or minus $26,828
- Per capita income$37,327
- Civilian labor force2,188
- Employed2,081
- Unemployed107 plus or minus 87
- Unemployment rate4.9 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Adults 25 and over5,710
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher31.9 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.4 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Paradise
Housing in Paradise
- Housing units3,635
- Occupied units3,351
- Vacant units284 plus or minus 173
- Vacancy rate7.8 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Owner occupied2,508
- Renter occupied843 plus or minus 237
- Ownership rate74.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$416,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,241
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.0 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Single family units2,626
- Share single family72.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more676 plus or minus 238
- Share in buildings of two or more18.6 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Mobile homes247 plus or minus 122
- Median year structure built1992
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Paradise
How Paradise gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,596
- Commuting under 15 minutes531 plus or minus 160
- Share commuting under 15 minutes33.3 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more468 plus or minus 147
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.3 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Drove alone72.6 percent
- Carpooled5.0 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Public transport0.7 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home18.6 percent plus or minus 9.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Paradise
SBA 7(a) lending to Paradise borrowers
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$2,233,900
- Average approval$279,238
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$760,000
- Largest approval$760,000
- Jobs supported55
- Jobs per approval6.9
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more37.5 percent
- Share to franchises12.5 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS8
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Paradise
SBA 504 lending to Paradise borrowers
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$4,189,000
- Average approval$598,429
- Median approval$458,000
- Largest approval$1,030,000
- Jobs supported57
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Paradise
Flood programme status in Paradise
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060748
- Currently effective map date(NSFHA)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Butte County, not Paradise
Butte County context, not Paradise figures
These are Butte County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Paradise measurements.
- Establishments in Butte County4,677
- Employment at those establishments, Butte County63,158
- Covered employment, Butte County78,999
- Average annual pay, Butte County$57,521
- Average weekly wage, Butte County$1,106
- Housing units permitted, Butte County946
- Of those, single family, Butte County657
- County product, 2024, Butte County$12,901,012,000
- County product change over the prior year, Butte County8.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Butte County$58,195
Every figure in this section is published for Butte County as a whole and is not a measurement of Paradise. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Paradise questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Paradise, California?
7,392, in 3,351 households. Paradise town covers 18.32 square miles of land, which is 404 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Paradise in?
Butte County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Paradise?
$67,687. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $416,000. Median gross rent is $1,241 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Paradise businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $2.2 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 7 504 approvals worth $4.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Paradise, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Paradise borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Paradise. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Paradise in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Paradise appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060748, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Paradise figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Butte County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Paradise.
Is zoning published for Paradise?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.