† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupParadiseCaliforniaUnited States
German17.3%6.8%12.5%
English15.5%6.3%9.5%
Irish14.3%5.9%9.4%
Italian6.8%3.4%4.8%
American6.3%2.8%5.3%
Scottish3.4%0.9%1.3%
French3.3%1.3%1.6%
Norwegian2.3%——
Mexican8.3%32.3%11.3%
Spanish0.3%0.3%—
Spaniard0.2%0.3%—
Hmong0.6%0.3%—
Filipino0.2%3.3%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Paradise
California
United States
Median age
57.4
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
7.5%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
41.0%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Paradise
California
United States
Median household income
$67,687
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.2%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.9%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Paradise
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.7%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
3.5%
28.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Paradise
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Paradise, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−20.6%
2008
−9.0%
2012
−13.4%
2016
−16.6%
2020
−22.1%
2024
−26.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
35.5%Harris2,057
61.5%Trump3,569
3.0%
R+26.1
R+4.0
R+24.6
5,802
R
37.6%Biden1,543
59.7%Trump2,450
2.8%
R+22.1
R+5.5
R+26.5
4,107
R
37.8%Clinton4,951
54.4%Trump7,124
7.7%
R+16.6
R+3.2
R+18.7
13,087
R
41.2%Obama4,965
54.6%Romney6,575
4.3%
R+13.4
R+4.3
R+17.2
12,053
R
45.4%Obama5,677
54.4%McCain6,807
0.2%
R+9.0
D+11.5
R+16.3
12,512
R
39.3%Kerry4,959
59.8%Bush7,556
0.9%
R+20.6
—
R+18.1
12,627
Paradise has spent the years since the Camp Fire reconstructing both its housing stock and its voter rolls, with a dramatically smaller and somewhat younger electorate than the pre-disaster town of roughly 27,000 residents.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 26.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.1 points.
A population of 7,392, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,687 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Carolina Shores and Treasure Island.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Paradise, California voted Republican by 26.1 points (R+26.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,802 votes cast, 2,057 went Democratic and 3,569 went Republican.
How many people live in Paradise, California?
Paradise, California has a population of 7,392 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Paradise, California?
Median household income in Paradise, California is $67,687 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Paradise, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Paradise, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
