Cedar City vs Parowan

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

Cedar City and Parowan 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 3,095 in Parowan). Cedar City has the higher median household income ($63,789 vs $49,934 in Parowan). Cedar City has the higher median home value ($348,000 vs $299,800 in Parowan).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar City	Parowan
Population	37,202	3,095
Median age	26.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,789	$49,934
Median home value	$348,000	$299,800
Median gross rent	$1,008	$997
Housing units	12,882	1,310
Homeownership rate	56.6%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar City	Parowan
Population	32,067 → 37,202 (+16.0%)	3,033 → 3,095 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$48,346 → $63,789 (+31.9%)	$42,101 → $49,934 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$215,900 → $348,000 (+61.2%)	$177,300 → $299,800 (+69.1%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,008 (+27.0%)	$913 → $997 (+9.2%)

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

Parowan

Population

3,0333,095

Median household income

$42,101$49,934

Median home value

$177,300$299,800

Median gross rent

$913$997

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar City	Parowan
Under 5	7.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	24.2%
18 to 24	20.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	16.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	9.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.2%
55 to 64	7.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	11.7%
75 and over	4.6%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar City	Parowan
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	90.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	4.9%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar City	Parowan
No high school diploma	6.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	24.0%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar City	Parowan
Drove alone	75.5%	69.1%
Carpooled	10.9%	9.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	21.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar City	Parowan
1-unit, detached	54.0%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	13.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	5.1%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	14.9%

Poverty & households

	Cedar City	Parowan
Poverty rate	17.3%	16.2%
Average household size	3.01	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	13	27
Median year structure built	1996	1985