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Paragonah, UT map Population (year 2000): 470. Estimated population in July 2006: 465 (-1.1% change)
 

Males: 237  (50.4%)
Females: 233  (49.6%)

Iron County

Median resident age:  33.6 years
Utah median age:  27.1 years

Zip codes: 84760.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $32,100 (it was $33,958 in 2000)
Paragonah  $32,100
Utah:  $47,934

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $91,600 (it was $99,200 in 2000)
Paragonah  $91,600
Utah:  $167,200

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Races in Paragonah:

  • White Non-Hispanic (97.9%)
  • Hispanic (1.5%)
  • Other race (0.6%)
  • Two or more races (0.6%)

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Ancestries: English (32.3%), German (10.0%), United States (8.5%), Scottish (5.5%), French (4.5%), Welsh (4.5%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Incorporated in 1916

Elevation: 5897 feet

Land area: 0.58 square miles.

Population density: 800 people per square mile 
 
 (low).

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For population 25 years and over in Paragonah

  • High school or higher: 89.6%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.5%
  • Unemployed: 4.9%
  • Mean travel time to work: 26.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Paragonah town

  • Never married: 21.7%
  • Now married: 65.6%
  • Separated: 0.8%
  • Widowed: 7.6%
  • Divorced: 4.2%

6 residents are foreign born

This town:  1.3%
Utah:  7.1%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Paragonah:  0.5% ($505)
Utah:  0.7% ($956)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Provo, UT (180.2 miles , pop. 105,166).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Las Vegas, NV (204.9 miles , pop. 478,434).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (305.1 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Parowan, UT (5.0 miles ), Brian Head, UT (13.8 miles) , Enoch, UT (20.2 miles ), Panguitch, UT (23.7 miles ), Minersville, UT (24.9 miles ), Cedar City, UT (25.0 miles ), Hatch, UT (28.4 miles) , Beaver, UT (28.6 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 1 building, cost: $94,000
  • 1997: 3 buildings, average cost: $69,500
  • 1998: 0 buildings

Latitude: 37.89 N, Longitude: 112.77 W


Area code commonly used in this area: 435

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Population change in the 1990s: +161 (+52.1%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (26%)
  • Truck transportation (10%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Accommodation and food services (28%)
  • Health care (21%)
  • Educational services (14%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Gasoline stations (4%)
  • Pharmacies and drug stores (3%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (12%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Carpenters (7%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Cashiers (13%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (10%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
  • Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
  • Registered nurses (5%)


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Hospitals/medical centers near Paragonah:
  • GARFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; PANGUITCH, UT)
  • BEAVER VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 30 miles; BEAVER, UT)
  • VALLEY VIEW MEDICAL CENTER (about 32 miles; CEDAR CITY, UT)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Paragonah:
  • CEDAR CITY REGIONAL (about 25 miles; CEDAR CITY, UT; ID: CDC)
  • ST GEORGE MUNI (about 79 miles; ST GEORGE, UT; ID: SGU)
  • PAGE MUNI (about 115 miles; PAGE, AZ; ID: PGA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Paragonah:
  • PAROWAN (about 4 miles; PAROWAN, UT; ID: 1L9)
  • BEAVER MUNI (about 24 miles; BEAVER, UT; ID: U52)
  • PANGUITCH MUNI (about 28 miles; PANGUITCH, UT; ID: U55)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Paragonah:
  • SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY (about 32 miles; CEDAR CITY, UT; Full-time enrollment: 5,091)
  • DIXIE STATE COLLEGE OF UTAH (about 57 miles; ST GEORGE, UT; FT enrollment: 4,347)
  • SNOW COLLEGE (about 130 miles; EPHRAIM, UT; FT enrollment: 2,632)
  • NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY (about 163 miles; FLAGSTAFF, AZ; FT enrollment: 15,758)
  • UTAH VALLEY STATE COLLEGE (about 181 miles; OREM, UT; FT enrollment: 14,182)
  • BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (about 185 miles; PROVO, UT; FT enrollment: 29,977)
  • MOHAVE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 195 miles; KINGMAN, AZ; FT enrollment: 2,405)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Paragonah and their reported violations in the past:

PARAGONAH TOWN (Population served: 470, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-28-2000), St Formal NOV issued (SEP-28-2000), St Public Notif received (OCT-10-2000)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (AUG-15-2000), St Public Notif requested (AUG-31-2000), St Formal NOV issued (AUG-31-2000)
  • MCL, Acute (TCR) - In JUL-1998, Contaminant: Coliform
Past monitoring violations:
  • Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In SEP-2005, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-10-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-10-2005), St Public Notif requested (NOV-10-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-10-2005)
  • Notification, Public - In JUN-2000, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
  • Notification, Public - In DEC-1996, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (MAR-04-1997)
  • 2 routine major monitoring violations
  • 3 minor monitoring violations
  • 23 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:
This town:  3.0 people
Utah:  3.1 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  78.8%
Whole state:  76.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  1.9%
Whole state:  3.4%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  13.9%
Whole state:  9.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  1.6%
Whole state:  3.9%

Paragonah compared to Utah state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration 0$0 1$210
Electric Power 0$0 1$1,612
Streets and Highways 0$0 1$806
Other Government Administration 0$0 1$1,311
Water Supply 0$0 1$806
Totals for Government 0$0 5$4,745


Paragonah government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - All Other: $29,000
    Solid Waste Management: $26,000
  • Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $163,000
    Fire Protection: $56,000
    Regular Highways: $53,000
    Financial Administration: $50,000
    Water Utilities: $39,000
    Solid Waste Management: $27,000
    Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, NEC: $5,000
    Parks & Recreation: $4,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $3,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $56,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $43,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $43,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $7,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $1,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $8,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $361,000
  • Revenue - Electric Utilities: $154,000
    Water Utilities: $48,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $36,000
  • Tax - Total General Sales: $38,000
    Property: $24,000
    NEC: $4,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $60,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $3,000

13.82% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,587 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  13.82%
Utah average:  8.03%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Washington County, UT  1.99% ($28,878 average AGI)
from Clark County, NV  1.76% ($43,345)
from Salt Lake County, UT  0.99% ($42,307)


10.74% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,573 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  10.74%
Utah average:  7.46%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Washington County, UT  2.13% ($30,735 average AGI)
to Salt Lake County, UT  1.29% ($24,868)
to Clark County, NV  0.97% ($34,500)


Strongest AM radio stations in Paragonah:
  • KNNZ (940 AM; 10 kW; CEDAR CITY, UT; Owner: MB MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • KSUB (590 AM; 5 kW; CEDAR CITY, UT; Owner: MB MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • KDXU (890 AM; 10 kW; ST. GEORGE, UT; Owner: WESTERN BROADCASTING, LS, LLC)
  • KXNT (840 AM; 50 kW; NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KDWN (720 AM; 50 kW; LAS VEGAS, NV; Owner: RADIO NEVADA CORP.)
  • KUNF (1210 AM; 10 kW; WASHINGTON, UT; Owner: MARATHON MEDIA GROUP, L.L.C.)
  • KALL (700 AM; 50 kW; NORTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KIQN (1010 AM; 50 kW; TOOELE, UT)
  • KSL (1160 AM; 50 kW; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
  • KZNU (1450 AM; 10 kW; ST. GEORGE, UT; Owner: AM RADIO 1450, INC.)
  • KMIA (710 AM; 50 kW; BLACK CANYON CITY, AZ; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • KMTI (650 AM; 10 kW; MANTI, UT; Owner: SANPETE COUNTY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KTNN (660 AM; 50 kW; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; Owner: THE NAVAJO NATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Paragonah:
  • KREC (98.1 FM; BRIAN HEAD, UT; Owner: MARATHON MEDIA GROUP, L.L.C.)
  • K202AW (88.3 FM; CEDAR CITY, UT; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH)
  • K208CA (89.5 FM; PAROWAN, UT; Owner: UTAH STATE UNIV. OF AGRI & APP. SCI)
  • K211BU (90.1 FM; PAROWAN, UT; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH)
  • K243AG (96.5 FM; PAROWAN, UT; Owner: IRON COUNTY)
  • K203CA (88.5 FM; MILFORD, UT; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH)
  • K255AD (98.9 FM; RURAL GARFIELD, ETC., UT; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
  • KXFF (92.5 FM; CEDAR CITY, UT; Owner: MB MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • KCYQ (93.7 FM; RICHFIELD, UT; Owner: MID-UTAH RADIO, INC.)
  • K282AC (104.3 FM; RURAL GARFIELD COUNT, UT; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
  • K211CL (90.1 FM; BEAVER, UT; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH)

TV broadcast stations around Paragonah:
  • K40CH (Channel 40; PAROWAN, UT; Owner: IRON COUNTY)

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