Altona vs Paragon Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Altona and Paragon Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

Altona and Paragon Estates are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Paragon Estates has the higher population (767 vs 532 in Altona). Altona has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $172,625 in Paragon Estates). Paragon Estates has the higher median home value ($1,572,800 vs $1,168,400 in Altona).

Population, income & housing

	Altona	Paragon Estates
Population	532	767
Median age	52.9 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$172,625
Median home value	$1,168,400	$1,572,800
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	280	338
Homeownership rate	84.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.3%	85.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altona	Paragon Estates
Population	513 → 532 (+3.7%)	802 → 767 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$176,071 → $250,001 (+42.0%)	$167,250 → $172,625 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$961,500 → $1,168,400 (+21.5%)	$1,149,000 → $1,572,800 (+36.9%)

Altona

Population

513532

Median household income

$176,071$250,001

Median home value

$961,500$1,168,400

Paragon Estates

Population

802767

Median household income

$167,250$172,625

Median home value

$1,149,000$1,572,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altona	Paragon Estates
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.3%	6.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	7.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	16.3%
55 to 64	18.0%	18.9%
65 to 74	19.7%	12.1%
75 and over	12.0%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altona	Paragon Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altona	Paragon Estates
No high school diploma	2.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	2.0%	2.7%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	12.1%
Bachelor's degree	52.0%	42.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	42.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altona	Paragon Estates
Drove alone	61.2%	61.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.9%
Worked from home	38.8%	31.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altona	Paragon Estates
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Altona	Paragon Estates
Poverty rate	4.5%	4.3%
Average household size	2.05	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1978	1972