Paradise, Pennsylvania
Template:Short description Template:Update Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Paradise is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a ZIP code of 17562. The population was 1,129 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref>
Paradise, like Intercourse, is a popular site in Pennsylvania Dutch Country for tourists who like the name of the town; they are together often named in lists of "delightfully named towns" in Pennsylvania Dutchland, along with Blue Ball, Lititz, Bareville, Fertility, Bird-in-Hand and Mount Joy.<ref>Ward's quarterly (1965) p.109 quote: Template:Blockquote
- Anderson (1979) p.214 quote: Template:Blockquote
- Museums Association (2006) p.61 quote: Template:Blockquote
- Rand McNally and Company (1978) p.52
- Mencken (1963) p.653 quote: Template:Blockquote</ref> It was the setting of the 1994 comedy film Trapped in Paradise.
Geography
Paradise is located in eastern Lancaster County at Template:Coord (40.009469, -76.124781),<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> in the northern part of Paradise Township. Its northern border is Pequea Creek, across which is Soudersburg in Leacock and East Lampeter townships.
U.S. Route 30 (the Lincoln Highway) passes through the center of Paradise, leading west-northwest Template:Convert to Lancaster, the county seat, and east Template:Convert to Coatesville. Philadelphia is Template:Convert east of Paradise.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert, or 1.50%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">Template:Cite web</ref> Via the west-flowing Pequea Creek, Paradise is part of the Susquehanna River watershed.
Demographics
Template:US Census population At the 2000 census,<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> there were 1,028 people, 363 households and 284 families residing in the CDP. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 386 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup was 97.57% White, 1.75% African American, 0.10% Asian, 0.10% from other races, and 0.49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.07% of the population.
There were 363 households, of which 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.2% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.5% were non-families. 16.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.08.
27.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.8 males.
The median household income was $41,875 and the median family income was $44,583. Males had a median income of $31,800 and females $21,917. The per capita income was $18,700. About 1.8% of families and 7.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over.
Economy
The Paradise Quarry, currently owned and operated by Allan Myers, Inc., is just south of Vintage on McIlvaine Road.<ref>Paradise Quarry, Allan Myers website, Retrieved 28 June 2017.</ref>
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References
- Anderson, William Charles (1979) Home Sweet Home Has Wheels: Or, Please Don't Tailgate the Real Estate
- Henry Louis Mencken, Raven Ioor McDavid (1963) The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the United States, volume 1
- Museums Association (2006) The Museums Journal, volume 106, issues 1-6, Indexes to papers read before the Museums Association, 1890–1909. Compiled by Charles Madeley.
- Rand McNally and Company (1978) Vacation & Travel Guide
- Ward's Quarterly, volume 1, 1965