Big Water vs Kanab

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

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

Kanab has the higher population (4,950 vs 520 in Big Water). Kanab has the higher median household income ($80,040 vs $45,625 in Big Water). Kanab has the higher median home value ($378,600 vs $251,300 in Big Water).

Population, income & housing

	Big Water	Kanab
Population	520	4,950
Median age	51.4 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,625	$80,040
Median home value	$251,300	$378,600
Median gross rent	$1,509	$1,135
Housing units	302	2,352
Homeownership rate	76.3%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Water	Kanab
Population	562 → 520 (-7.5%)	4,636 → 4,950 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$41,477 → $45,625 (+10.0%)	$47,480 → $80,040 (+68.6%)
Median home value	$114,200 → $251,300 (+120.1%)	$232,600 → $378,600 (+62.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,029 → $1,509 (+46.6%)	$989 → $1,135 (+14.8%)

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

Kanab

Population

4,6364,950

Median household income

$47,480$80,040

Median home value

$232,600$378,600

Median gross rent

$989$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Water	Kanab
Under 5	6.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	11.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	2.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.3%
35 to 44	4.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	15.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	23.3%	11.9%
75 and over	5.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Water	Kanab
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Water	Kanab
No high school diploma	12.4%	5.4%
High school graduate	29.0%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Water	Kanab
Drove alone	75.6%	68.6%
Carpooled	15.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.0%	20.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Water	Kanab
1-unit, detached	57.0%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.1%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Big Water	Kanab
Poverty rate	21.8%	7.3%
Average household size	2.09	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	19	11
Median year structure built	1992	1995