Paradise TownshipKS
Home to 124 people, the town was settled in 1875.
Is Paradise Township a good place to live?
0.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Paradise Township, below both Kansas’ towns (9.1%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Paradise Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
124 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Paradise Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Paradise Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Paradise Township.
More children than Kansas overall
Four-year graduates: 37% of adults 25 and older here, 36% across Kansas. Children under 18 are 48% of residents (24% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 3% of residents (23% statewide).
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 35% and 86% women
The Census survey reached too few of Paradise Township’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±25.9 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Paradise Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.5% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 34.8% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 1.3% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 1.3% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.8% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.8% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 3.5% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.7% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.3% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.4% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 18.1% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 25% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 16.4% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 33.6% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 3.4% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 100, single groups can be off by several points
Top of a high hazard risk in Paradise Township: inland flooding
For Paradise Township, the FEMA hazard score is 71 of 100. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2016. FEMA puts 29% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 16% to drought.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A job hub: Paradise Township has 1.2 jobs for every working resident and draws in 62 commuters
For half of commuters, work is under 25 miles away. Paradise Township had 64 jobs in 2023, up 41 from 2013. Most people who work leave Paradise Township to do it: just 4% work in town. In Paradise Township, the mean commuting time is 21 minutes.
| Paradise Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.6% | 15% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $82,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Compared with most of Kansas and the rest of the country, more of Paradise Township’s adults have high blood pressure
Paradise Township: just over a fifth of adults say their health is fair or poor. Among 151 Kansas towns, just 3 have a higher share of adults who have diabetes than Paradise Township. CDC measures, 32 in all: Paradise Township beats Kansas on 4 and trails on 12.
| Paradise Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 34% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 12% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 31% | 33% |
| What stands out | Paradise Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.3% | 16.3% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 83.8% | 77.6% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.8% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Paradise Township is conserved land
33 miles of trail. Paradise Township’s concentration of trails stands at 0.2 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Paradise Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Paradise Township; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Paradise Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
About Paradise Township
City in Russell County, Kansas
Paradise is a city in Russell County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 35.
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- Established
- 1887
- Area
- 0.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,693 ft
- ZIP code
- 67658
- Area code
- 785
Questions about Paradise Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Paradise Township, KS a good place to live?
Paradise Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.