Big Water vs Glendale

A side-by-side comparison of Big Water and Glendale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Big Water has the higher population (520 vs 488 in Glendale). Glendale has the higher median household income ($63,056 vs $45,625 in Big Water). Big Water has the higher median home value ($251,300 vs $210,700 in Glendale).

Population, income & housing

	Big Water	Glendale
Population	520	488
Median age	51.4 yrs	17.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,625	$63,056
Median home value	$251,300	$210,700
Median gross rent	$1,509	—
Housing units	302	226
Homeownership rate	76.3%	98.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Water	Glendale
Population	562 → 520 (-7.5%)	268 → 488 (+82.1%)
Median household income	$41,477 → $45,625 (+10.0%)	$55,208 → $63,056 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$114,200 → $251,300 (+120.1%)	$155,700 → $210,700 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,029 → $1,509 (+46.6%)	—

Big Water

Population

562520

Median household income

$41,477$45,625

Median home value

$114,200$251,300

Median gross rent

$1,029$1,509

Glendale

Population

268488

Median household income

$55,208$63,056

Median home value

$155,700$210,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Water	Glendale
Under 5	6.9%	1.0%
5 to 17	11.5%	49.6%
18 to 24	2.5%	2.7%
25 to 34	15.2%	3.5%
35 to 44	4.2%	7.8%
45 to 54	15.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	23.3%	4.9%
75 and over	5.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Water	Glendale
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Water	Glendale
No high school diploma	12.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	29.0%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Water	Glendale
Drove alone	75.6%	94.5%
Carpooled	15.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Water	Glendale
1-unit, detached	57.0%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.1%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Big Water	Glendale
Poverty rate	21.8%	36.7%
Average household size	2.09	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1992	1988