Morgantown vs Paragon

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

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

Morgantown has the higher population (1,328 vs 564 in Paragon). Morgantown has the higher median home value ($129,500 vs $90,700 in Paragon). Since 2019, Morgantown's population has grown faster (+27.4% vs -0.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Morgantown	Paragon
Population	1,328	564
Median age	34.9 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,809	—
Median home value	$129,500	$90,700
Median gross rent	$882	$979
Housing units	495	321
Homeownership rate	73.2%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	2.0%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morgantown	Paragon
Population	1,042 → 1,328 (+27.4%)	567 → 564 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$42,188 → $50,809 (+20.4%)	$39,375 → $57,250 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $129,500 (+36.3%)	$72,200 → $90,700 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$805 → $882 (+9.6%)	$773 → $979 (+26.6%)

Morgantown

Population

1,0421,328

Median household income

$42,188$50,809

Median home value

$95,000$129,500

Median gross rent

$805$882

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)

	Morgantown	Paragon
Under 5	2.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	24.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	11.5%
25 to 34	14.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.7%	7.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	21.5%
55 to 64	9.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.9%
75 and over	4.1%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morgantown	Paragon
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morgantown	Paragon
No high school diploma	12.9%	19.5%
High school graduate	54.7%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morgantown	Paragon
Drove alone	83.9%	77.5%
Carpooled	11.4%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morgantown	Paragon
1-unit, detached	85.9%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	22.7%

Poverty & households

	Morgantown	Paragon
Poverty rate	13.4%	21.2%
Average household size	2.64	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	39	27
Median year structure built	1948	1951