Paradise is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 475 in 2020.
According to tradition, the area was a cowboy's "paradise", hence the name.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km), all land.
As of the 2020 census, there were 475 people, 190 households, and 125 families residing in Paradise, and the DP1 profile detailed 185 households described below; the median age was 38.5 years, 25.1% of residents were under the age of 18, 16.8% were 65 years of age or older, and there were 94.7 males per 100 females (93.5 males per 100 females age 18 and over).
As of the 2020 census, 0.0% of residents lived in urban areas while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 185 households in Paradise, of which 34.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them, 47.6% were married-couple households, 20.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present; about 28.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
There were 221 housing units, of which 16.3% were vacant; the homeowner vacancy rate was 6.6% and the rental vacancy rate was 8.3%.
The City of Paradise is served by the Paradise Independent School District.