Bethany vs Paragon

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

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

Paragon has the higher population (564 vs 72 in Bethany). Bethany has the higher median home value ($211,100 vs $90,700 in Paragon). Since 2019, Bethany's population has grown faster (+16.1% vs -0.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany	Paragon
Population	72	564
Median age	31.1 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$115,625	—
Median home value	$211,100	$90,700
Median gross rent	$850	$979
Housing units	28	321
Homeownership rate	78.3%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	2.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany	Paragon
Population	62 → 72 (+16.1%)	567 → 564 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $115,625 (+164.3%)	$39,375 → $57,250 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $211,100 (+35.1%)	$72,200 → $90,700 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $850 (+0.0%)	$773 → $979 (+26.6%)

Bethany

Population

6272

Median household income

$43,750$115,625

Median home value

$156,300$211,100

Median gross rent

$850$850

Paragon

Population

567564

Median household income

$39,375$57,250

Median home value

$72,200$90,700

Median gross rent

$773$979

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany	Paragon
Under 5	5.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	22.2%	14.0%
18 to 24	15.3%	11.5%
25 to 34	19.4%	14.9%
35 to 44	16.7%	7.3%
45 to 54	6.9%	21.5%
55 to 64	9.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	2.8%	8.9%
75 and over	1.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany	Paragon
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany	Paragon
No high school diploma	31.7%	19.5%
High school graduate	41.5%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany	Paragon
Drove alone	51.4%	77.5%
Carpooled	45.9%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany	Paragon
1-unit, detached	100.0%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
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%	22.7%

Poverty & households

	Bethany	Paragon
Poverty rate	4.2%	21.2%
Average household size	3.13	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	36	27
Median year structure built	1945	1951