Eminence vs Paragon

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

Eminence 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 85 in Eminence). Eminence has the higher median home value ($126,800 vs $90,700 in Paragon). Since 2019, Paragon's population has grown faster (-0.5% vs -48.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Eminence	Paragon
Population	85	564
Median age	63.2 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median home value	$126,800	$90,700
Median gross rent	—	$979
Housing units	43	321
Homeownership rate	100.0%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	2.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eminence	Paragon
Population	164 → 85 (-48.2%)	567 → 564 (-0.5%)
Median household income	—	$39,375 → $57,250 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $126,800 (+8.7%)	$72,200 → $90,700 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$773 → $979 (+26.6%)

Eminence

Population

16485

Median home value

$116,700$126,800

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)

	Eminence	Paragon
Under 5	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	3.5%	14.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	11.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	3.5%	7.3%
45 to 54	4.7%	21.5%
55 to 64	62.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	3.5%	8.9%
75 and over	17.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eminence	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+

	Eminence	Paragon
No high school diploma	19.2%	19.5%
High school graduate	43.6%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eminence	Paragon
Drove alone	90.9%	77.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eminence	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

	Eminence	Paragon
Poverty rate	7.1%	21.2%
Average household size	1.98	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1960	1951