Big River vs Bluewater

A side-by-side comparison of Big River and Bluewater: population, income, housing, and more.

Big River and Bluewater are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Big River has the higher population (1,025 vs 144 in Bluewater). Bluewater has the higher median household income ($65,313 vs $40,179 in Big River). Big River has the higher median home value ($132,400 vs $79,300 in Bluewater).

Population, income & housing

	Big River	Bluewater
Population	1,025	144
Median age	60.9 yrs	75.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,179	$65,313
Median home value	$132,400	$79,300
Median gross rent	$795	—
Housing units	978	420
Homeownership rate	78.9%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	15.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big River	Bluewater
Population	1,149 → 1,025 (-10.8%)	163 → 144 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$33,534 → $40,179 (+19.8%)	$31,000 → $65,313 (+110.7%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $132,400 (+44.9%)	$27,500 → $79,300 (+188.4%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $795 (+28.2%)	—

Big River

Population

1,1491,025

Median household income

$33,534$40,179

Median home value

$91,400$132,400

Median gross rent

$620$795

Bluewater

Population

163144

Median household income

$31,000$65,313

Median home value

$27,500$79,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big River	Bluewater
Under 5	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.1%	3.5%
55 to 64	36.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	20.6%	36.1%
75 and over	18.6%	50.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big River	Bluewater
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big River	Bluewater
No high school diploma	16.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.3%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big River	Bluewater
Drove alone	87.7%	58.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	41.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big River	Bluewater
1-unit, detached	49.4%	5.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.7%	95.0%

Poverty & households

	Big River	Bluewater
Poverty rate	19.9%	5.6%
Average household size	1.81	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1986	1984