Paragonah vs Parowan

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

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

Parowan has the higher population (3,095 vs 678 in Paragonah). Paragonah has the higher median household income ($70,057 vs $49,934 in Parowan). Parowan has the higher median home value ($299,800 vs $279,200 in Paragonah).

Population, income & housing

	Paragonah	Parowan
Population	678	3,095
Median age	38.3 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,057	$49,934
Median home value	$279,200	$299,800
Median gross rent	$1,089	$997
Housing units	308	1,310
Homeownership rate	73.8%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paragonah	Parowan
Population	478 → 678 (+41.8%)	3,033 → 3,095 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$56,375 → $70,057 (+24.3%)	$42,101 → $49,934 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$211,800 → $279,200 (+31.8%)	$177,300 → $299,800 (+69.1%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $1,089 (+58.3%)	$913 → $997 (+9.2%)

Paragonah

Population

478678

Median household income

$56,375$70,057

Median home value

$211,800$279,200

Median gross rent

$688$1,089

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)

	Paragonah	Parowan
Under 5	9.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	24.2%
18 to 24	3.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	9.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.2%
55 to 64	7.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	14.7%	11.7%
75 and over	9.4%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paragonah	Parowan
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.7%	4.9%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paragonah	Parowan
No high school diploma	9.1%	8.1%
High school graduate	39.5%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paragonah	Parowan
Drove alone	79.0%	69.1%
Carpooled	6.5%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	21.8%
Other means	7.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paragonah	Parowan
1-unit, detached	94.8%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	14.9%

Poverty & households

	Paragonah	Parowan
Poverty rate	11.8%	16.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1976	1985