Newcastle vs Paragonah

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

Newcastle 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 231 in Newcastle). Newcastle has the higher median household income ($82,670 vs $70,057 in Paragonah). Paragonah has the higher median home value ($279,200 vs $212,500 in Newcastle).

Population, income & housing

	Newcastle	Paragonah
Population	231	678
Median age	63.2 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,670	$70,057
Median home value	$212,500	$279,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,089
Housing units	61	308
Homeownership rate	100.0%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newcastle	Paragonah
Population	267 → 231 (-13.5%)	478 → 678 (+41.8%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $82,670 (+128.1%)	$56,375 → $70,057 (+24.3%)
Median home value	—	$211,800 → $279,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$688 → $1,089 (+58.3%)

Newcastle

Population

267231

Median household income

$36,250$82,670

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)

	Newcastle	Paragonah
Under 5	0.0%	9.3%
5 to 17	12.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	3.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	19.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	6.5%	7.7%
65 to 74	40.7%	14.7%
75 and over	4.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newcastle	Paragonah
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newcastle	Paragonah
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	54.5%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newcastle	Paragonah
Drove alone	89.9%	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	10.1%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	7.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newcastle	Paragonah
1-unit, detached	100.0%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Newcastle	Paragonah
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.8%
Average household size	3.79	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1973	1976