Big Water vs Orderville

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

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

Orderville has the higher population (865 vs 520 in Big Water). Orderville has the higher median household income ($91,944 vs $45,625 in Big Water). Orderville has the higher median home value ($328,300 vs $251,300 in Big Water).

Population, income & housing

	Big Water	Orderville
Population	520	865
Median age	51.4 yrs	27.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,625	$91,944
Median home value	$251,300	$328,300
Median gross rent	$1,509	—
Housing units	302	320
Homeownership rate	76.3%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Water	Orderville
Population	562 → 520 (-7.5%)	741 → 865 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$41,477 → $45,625 (+10.0%)	$67,386 → $91,944 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$114,200 → $251,300 (+120.1%)	$163,000 → $328,300 (+101.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,029 → $1,509 (+46.6%)	$828 → $1,016 (+22.7%)

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

Orderville

Population

741865

Median household income

$67,386$91,944

Median home value

$163,000$328,300

Median gross rent

$828$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Water	Orderville
Under 5	6.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	11.5%	38.8%
18 to 24	2.5%	3.2%
25 to 34	15.2%	4.5%
35 to 44	4.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	15.8%	16.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	2.9%
65 to 74	23.3%	7.6%
75 and over	5.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Water	Orderville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	80.3%
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%	19.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Water	Orderville
No high school diploma	12.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	29.0%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Water	Orderville
Drove alone	75.6%	81.7%
Carpooled	15.0%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Water	Orderville
1-unit, detached	57.0%	87.8%
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%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	33.1%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Big Water	Orderville
Poverty rate	21.8%	2.8%
Average household size	2.09	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1992	1979