Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,884.
Paradise Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, ranked 783rd of 1032 in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is cost of living: homes are within reach, about $280K for a typical one, or 3.4 years of the East Stroudsburg area’s $84K median household income. Paradise Township’s typical journey to work is 41 minutes, against 26 minutes in Pennsylvania’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 175 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do better. Parkside Chapel is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Paradise Township beats most towns.
Where Paradise Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Paradise Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 662 in 1870, 2,898 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 7 maps from 1919 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Paradise Township. Close and well known come first.
21 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
39 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
34 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
6 mi Ski areaCamelback Mountain Resort37 runs · 804 ft vertical
11 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
28 mi National Historic SiteSteamtown National Historic Site61K visitors a yearLake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Camelback Mountain Resort: Calzarette at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain · Steamtown National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain
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.
Ordered by what stands out in Paradise Township.
2,126 jobs are based in Paradise Township, 1.9 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 40.8 minutes, against 26.3 across Pennsylvania.
The top destinations are Pocono Township (12%), Barrett Township (5%) and New York (5%). Commuting out is the norm in Paradise Township: 8% of working residents work locally. Employers in Paradise Township shed 415 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 2,126. The median commute is under 23 miles.
| Paradise Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $87,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Public schools: Pocono Mountain SD. The largest public high school is Pocono Mountain East HS, with 1,242 students. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swiftwater El CtrLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–3 | Grades K–3 | 971 | B− |
| Pocono Mountain East HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,242 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
The biggest place to walk is Paradise Price Preserve, 534 acres with 4.4 miles of trail. There are 18 miles of trail across 14 parks and preserves. Also worth knowing: the density of trails in Paradise Township is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Paradise Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 20% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Paradise Price Preserve | 4.4 mi | 534 |
| 2. Kurmes Paradise Creek Nature Preserve | 2.3 mi | 405 |
| 3. Swiftwater Forest Preserve | 1.1 mi | 63 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On expected storm and flood damage, Paradise Township sits below 71% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 63% come from inland flooding and 17% from cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 17° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In Paradise Township, just over two in five adults sleep under 7 hours. 16% of adults in Paradise Township report frequent mental distress; 18% binge drink.
| Paradise Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Paradise Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 8% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Paradise Township
About 4 of every 100 Paradise Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Paradise Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania in the Pocono Mountains. The population was 2,898 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Paradise Township.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Pocono Township (C+) comes closest.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Township | #783 | C+ | B | — | B− | B− |
| Mount Pocono | #880 | C | B− | — | B− | D |
| Pocono Township | #794 | C+ | C | C+ | B− | B |
| Price Township | #924 | C− | C | — | C+ | B |
| Barrett Township | #845 | C | C− | — | B− | B+ |
Paradise Township, Mount Pocono, Price Township and Barrett Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Paradise Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Paradise Township grades C+ overall, better than 41% of U.S. towns and #783 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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