Niwot vs Paragon Estates

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

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

Niwot has the higher population (3,773 vs 767 in Paragon Estates). Paragon Estates has the higher median household income ($172,625 vs $141,621 in Niwot). Paragon Estates has the higher median home value ($1,572,800 vs $868,400 in Niwot).

Population, income & housing

	Niwot	Paragon Estates
Population	3,773	767
Median age	55.6 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$141,621	$172,625
Median home value	$868,400	$1,572,800
Median gross rent	$1,395	—
Housing units	1,577	338
Homeownership rate	81.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.6%	85.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Niwot	Paragon Estates
Population	3,870 → 3,773 (-2.5%)	802 → 767 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$118,914 → $141,621 (+19.1%)	$167,250 → $172,625 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$677,600 → $868,400 (+28.2%)	$1,149,000 → $1,572,800 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,122 → $1,395 (+24.3%)	—

Niwot

Population

3,8703,773

Median household income

$118,914$141,621

Median home value

$677,600$868,400

Median gross rent

$1,122$1,395

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)

	Niwot	Paragon Estates
Under 5	2.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.9%	6.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	3.3%	7.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	9.1%
45 to 54	8.5%	16.3%
55 to 64	24.5%	18.9%
65 to 74	15.8%	12.1%
75 and over	11.0%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Niwot	Paragon Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Niwot	Paragon Estates
No high school diploma	1.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	8.4%	2.7%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	12.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	42.4%
Graduate or professional degree	32.6%	42.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Niwot	Paragon Estates
Drove alone	64.2%	61.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	0.0%
Public transit	1.6%	4.1%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.9%
Worked from home	28.0%	31.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Niwot	Paragon Estates
1-unit, detached	78.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Niwot	Paragon Estates
Poverty rate	6.3%	4.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1981	1972