Most of Paradise Park commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 19% of workers, where California as a whole has 17%. 6 jobs are based in Paradise Park, and 132 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Paradise Park
On a workday 132 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Paradise Park on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
16% of working residents work in Santa Cruz
Where Paradise Park clocks in
16% of workers
14% 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.
In Paradise Park, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paradise Park, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 6. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
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 Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Paradise Park
of Paradise Park workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 178 commuters (the 19% 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.
How far it is to work from Paradise Park
About 20% 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.
16% of Paradise Park works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Paradise Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Park | – | — | — | — | $54,500 |
| Santa Cruz | 16% | B+ | A+ | 23 min | $115,475 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Santa Cruz. Darker towns draw more of Paradise Park’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 Park: questions
What is the median household income in Paradise Park?
$54,500 (±$37,860) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paradise Park?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Paradise Park work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Cruz (16%, 2 mi), San Jose (14%, 24 mi), San Francisco (4%, 57 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Paradise Park 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 Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paradise Park
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.