Painted Hills vs Paragon

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

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

Painted Hills has the higher population (983 vs 564 in Paragon). Painted Hills has the higher median home value ($241,600 vs $90,700 in Paragon). Since 2019, Painted Hills's population has grown faster (+84.8% vs -0.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Painted Hills	Paragon
Population	983	564
Median age	52.9 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$90,662	—
Median home value	$241,600	$90,700
Median gross rent	—	$979
Housing units	457	321
Homeownership rate	96.3%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	2.0%
Unemployment rate	24.4%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Painted Hills	Paragon
Population	532 → 983 (+84.8%)	567 → 564 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$58,417 → $90,662 (+55.2%)	$39,375 → $57,250 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$225,800 → $241,600 (+7.0%)	$72,200 → $90,700 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$773 → $979 (+26.6%)

Painted Hills

Population

532983

Median household income

$58,417$90,662

Median home value

$225,800$241,600

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)

	Painted Hills	Paragon
Under 5	1.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	0.2%	11.5%
25 to 34	8.3%	14.9%
35 to 44	7.9%	7.3%
45 to 54	34.3%	21.5%
55 to 64	19.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.9%
75 and over	3.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Painted Hills	Paragon
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	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	1.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Painted Hills	Paragon
No high school diploma	11.0%	19.5%
High school graduate	18.8%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Painted Hills	Paragon
Drove alone	61.4%	77.5%
Carpooled	0.4%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	38.2%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Painted Hills	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

	Painted Hills	Paragon
Poverty rate	2.6%	21.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	36	27
Median year structure built	1977	1951