Delta vs Paonia

A side-by-side comparison of Delta and Paonia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Delta has the higher population (9,266 vs 1,454 in Paonia). Paonia has the higher median household income ($52,466 vs $46,010 in Delta). Paonia has the higher median home value ($301,300 vs $238,100 in Delta).

Population, income & housing

	Delta	Paonia
Population	9,266	1,454
Median age	41.9 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,010	$52,466
Median home value	$238,100	$301,300
Median gross rent	$982	$799
Housing units	3,975	917
Homeownership rate	64.4%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delta	Paonia
Population	8,829 → 9,266 (+4.9%)	1,300 → 1,454 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$41,415 → $46,010 (+11.1%)	$41,683 → $52,466 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$170,500 → $238,100 (+39.6%)	$191,000 → $301,300 (+57.7%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $982 (+27.9%)	$734 → $799 (+8.9%)

Delta

Population

8,8299,266

Median household income

$41,415$46,010

Median home value

$170,500$238,100

Median gross rent

$768$982

Paonia

Population

1,3001,454

Median household income

$41,683$52,466

Median home value

$191,000$301,300

Median gross rent

$734$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delta	Paonia
Under 5	5.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.9%	10.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	1.9%
25 to 34	8.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	12.1%	21.5%
75 and over	9.1%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delta	Paonia
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	26.5%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delta	Paonia
No high school diploma	13.4%	6.5%
High school graduate	43.0%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delta	Paonia
Drove alone	76.0%	70.0%
Carpooled	11.5%	7.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.1%	20.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delta	Paonia
1-unit, detached	66.3%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	2.5%
20 or more units	3.6%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Delta	Paonia
Poverty rate	19.5%	19.1%
Average household size	2.47	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1976	1971