Cedar City vs Paragonah

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar City and Paragonah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cedar City has the higher population (37,202 vs 678 in Paragonah). Paragonah has the higher median household income ($70,057 vs $63,789 in Cedar City). Cedar City has the higher median home value ($348,000 vs $279,200 in Paragonah).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar City	Paragonah
Population	37,202	678
Median age	26.5 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,789	$70,057
Median home value	$348,000	$279,200
Median gross rent	$1,008	$1,089
Housing units	12,882	308
Homeownership rate	56.6%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar City	Paragonah
Population	32,067 → 37,202 (+16.0%)	478 → 678 (+41.8%)
Median household income	$48,346 → $63,789 (+31.9%)	$56,375 → $70,057 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$215,900 → $348,000 (+61.2%)	$211,800 → $279,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,008 (+27.0%)	$688 → $1,089 (+58.3%)

Cedar City

Population

32,06737,202

Median household income

$48,346$63,789

Median home value

$215,900$348,000

Median gross rent

$794$1,008

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)

	Cedar City	Paragonah
Under 5	7.1%	9.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	14.6%
18 to 24	20.5%	3.2%
25 to 34	16.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	7.5%	7.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	14.7%
75 and over	4.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar City	Paragonah
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	91.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	3.7%
Asian	1.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar City	Paragonah
No high school diploma	6.2%	9.1%
High school graduate	24.0%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar City	Paragonah
Drove alone	75.5%	79.0%
Carpooled	10.9%	6.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	3.6%
Other means	0.8%	7.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar City	Paragonah
1-unit, detached	54.0%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	13.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Cedar City	Paragonah
Poverty rate	17.3%	11.8%
Average household size	3.01	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	13	24
Median year structure built	1996	1976