Brian Head vs Paragonah

A side-by-side comparison of Brian Head and Paragonah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paragonah has the higher population (678 vs 49 in Brian Head). Paragonah has the higher median household income ($70,057 vs $64,643 in Brian Head). Brian Head has the higher median home value ($309,100 vs $279,200 in Paragonah).

Population, income & housing

	Brian Head	Paragonah
Population	49	678
Median age	44.3 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,643	$70,057
Median home value	$309,100	$279,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,089
Housing units	1,163	308
Homeownership rate	100.0%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	84.6%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brian Head	Paragonah
Population	69 → 49 (-29.0%)	478 → 678 (+41.8%)
Median household income	$72,188 → $64,643 (-10.5%)	$56,375 → $70,057 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$245,000 → $309,100 (+26.2%)	$211,800 → $279,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$688 → $1,089 (+58.3%)

Brian Head

Population

6949

Median household income

$72,188$64,643

Median home value

$245,000$309,100

Paragonah

Population

478678

Median household income

$56,375$70,057

Median home value

$211,800$279,200

Median gross rent

$688$1,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brian Head	Paragonah
Under 5	0.0%	9.3%
5 to 17	24.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	22.4%	3.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	16.3%	7.7%
65 to 74	14.3%	14.7%
75 and over	10.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brian Head	Paragonah
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brian Head	Paragonah
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	15.4%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	84.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brian Head	Paragonah
Drove alone	61.1%	79.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	38.9%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	7.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brian Head	Paragonah
1-unit, detached	22.4%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	23.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	48.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Brian Head	Paragonah
Poverty rate	14.3%	11.8%
Average household size	1.88	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1988	1976