Amalga vs Paradise

A side-by-side comparison of Amalga and Paradise: population, income, housing, and more.

Amalga and Paradise are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Paradise has the higher population (806 vs 486 in Amalga). Amalga has the higher median household income ($98,438 vs $95,000 in Paradise). Paradise has the higher median home value ($497,600 vs $401,600 in Amalga).

Population, income & housing

	Amalga	Paradise
Population	486	806
Median age	33.4 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$98,438	$95,000
Median home value	$401,600	$497,600
Median gross rent	$2,125	$983
Housing units	162	259
Homeownership rate	75.2%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	44.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amalga	Paradise
Population	530 → 486 (-8.3%)	990 → 806 (-18.6%)
Median household income	$64,375 → $98,438 (+52.9%)	$75,714 → $95,000 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$252,300 → $401,600 (+59.2%)	$298,800 → $497,600 (+66.5%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $2,125 (+214.8%)	$825 → $983 (+19.2%)

Amalga

Population

530486

Median household income

$64,375$98,438

Median home value

$252,300$401,600

Median gross rent

$675$2,125

Paradise

Population

990806

Median household income

$75,714$95,000

Median home value

$298,800$497,600

Median gross rent

$825$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amalga	Paradise
Under 5	9.1%	9.2%
5 to 17	21.2%	24.4%
18 to 24	11.5%	10.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	6.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	6.2%
75 and over	4.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amalga	Paradise
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	94.8%
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	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amalga	Paradise
No high school diploma	3.2%	1.8%
High school graduate	20.5%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amalga	Paradise
Drove alone	69.8%	73.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amalga	Paradise
1-unit, detached	88.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amalga	Paradise
Poverty rate	0.8%	5.2%
Average household size	3.35	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1976	1990