Paradise has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
For 11% of workers, the job is at home; California has 17%. Employers in Paradise report 1 jobs; 75 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Paradise itself; outside it, Mammoth Lakes draws the most (35%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Paradise by day and by night
On a workday 75 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Paradise on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Paradise work
Where Paradise clocks in
35% of workers
13% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Paradise: what the 1 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Paradise’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Paradise takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Paradise workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 136 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Paradise
About 37% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Paradise
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Paradise workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise | – | — | — | 27 min | $109,375 |
| Swall Meadows | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Swall Meadows: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Paradise’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Paradise: questions
What is the median household income in Paradise?
$109,375 (±$91,187) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paradise?
2.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paradise?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Paradise work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mammoth Lakes (35%, 23 mi), Bishop (13%, 14 mi), Sacramento (5%, 173 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Paradise without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Paradise, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paradise
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.