Lake Montezuma vs Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Montezuma and Village of Oak Creek (Big Park): population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Montezuma and Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) has the higher population (6,340 vs 4,615 in Lake Montezuma). Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) has the higher median household income ($80,197 vs $54,081 in Lake Montezuma). Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) has the higher median home value ($654,000 vs $291,900 in Lake Montezuma).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Montezuma	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
Population	4,615	6,340
Median age	64.1 yrs	66.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,081	$80,197
Median home value	$291,900	$654,000
Median gross rent	$1,475	$1,640
Housing units	2,742	4,537
Homeownership rate	68.9%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Montezuma	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
Population	4,329 → 4,615 (+6.6%)	6,375 → 6,340 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$39,883 → $54,081 (+35.6%)	$59,712 → $80,197 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$164,400 → $291,900 (+77.6%)	$465,000 → $654,000 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$894 → $1,475 (+65.0%)	$1,175 → $1,640 (+39.6%)

Lake Montezuma

Population

4,3294,615

Median household income

$39,883$54,081

Median home value

$164,400$291,900

Median gross rent

$894$1,475

Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)

Population

6,3756,340

Median household income

$59,712$80,197

Median home value

$465,000$654,000

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Montezuma	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
Under 5	0.5%	0.8%
5 to 17	7.9%	5.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	2.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	5.6%
35 to 44	4.8%	5.0%
45 to 54	6.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	18.2%	16.9%
65 to 74	37.6%	32.9%
75 and over	9.4%	19.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Montezuma	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	81.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Montezuma	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
No high school diploma	4.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	35.2%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Montezuma	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
Drove alone	78.5%	61.5%
Carpooled	16.9%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	24.9%
Other means	0.4%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Montezuma	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
1-unit, detached	65.4%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	29.5%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake Montezuma	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
Poverty rate	12.4%	13.4%
Average household size	1.81	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1991	1992