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Big Water, UT map Population (year 2000): 417. Estimated population in July 2006: 413 (-1.0% change)
 

Males: 212  (50.8%)
Females: 205  (49.2%)

Kane County

Median resident age:  38.9 years
Utah median age:  27.1 years

Zip codes: 84741.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $28,600 (it was $30,278 in 2000)
Big Water  $28,600
Utah:  $47,934

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $94,000 (it was $101,800 in 2000)
Big Water  $94,000
Utah:  $167,200

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Races in Big Water:

  • White Non-Hispanic (90.2%)
  • Hispanic (5.3%)
  • American Indian (4.1%)
  • Other race (1.2%)
  • Two or more races (1.2%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

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Ancestries: English (33.1%), German (21.3%), Irish (16.1%), French (5.8%), Italian (4.3%), Scotch-Irish (3.8%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Incorporated in 1983

Elevation: 4100 feet

Land area: 6.07 square miles.

Population density: 69 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Big Water

  • High school or higher: 85.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.1%
  • Unemployed: 4.9%
  • Mean travel time to work: 20.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Big Water town

  • Never married: 15.4%
  • Now married: 64.8%
  • Separated: 3.3%
  • Widowed: 6.9%
  • Divorced: 9.6%

7 residents are foreign born

This town:  1.7%
Utah:  7.1%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Big Water:  0.3% ($350)
Utah:  0.7% ($956)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Flagstaff, AZ (130.1 miles , pop. 52,894).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Scottsdale, AZ (241.9 miles , pop. 202,705).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (247.3 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Page, AZ (17.8 miles ), Lechee, AZ (20.8 miles ), Bitter Springs, AZ (31.7 miles ), Henrieville, UT (40.7 miles) , Cannonville, UT (43.2 miles) , Tropic, UT (47.8 miles ), Escalante, UT (47.9 miles ), Kaibito, AZ (51.8 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 6 buildings, average cost: $92,900
  • 1997: 0 buildings
  • 1998: 0 buildings
  • 1999: 3 buildings, average cost: $93,400
  • 2000: 3 buildings, average cost: $93,400
  • 2001: 3 buildings, average cost: $93,400
  • 2002: 3 buildings, average cost: $93,400
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 3 buildings, average cost: $100,000
  • 2005: 0 buildings
  • 2006: 0 buildings
  • 2007: 11 buildings, average cost: $31,800

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Latitude: 37.08 N, Longitude: 111.66 W


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Population change in the 1990s: +102 (+32.4%).



Most common industries for males:
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (14%)
  • Construction (13%)
  • Public administration (11%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Accommodation and food services (25%)
  • Food and beverage stores (9%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Health care (7%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
  • Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Rail and water transportation workers (9%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
  • Cashiers (9%)
  • Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (5%)
  • Personal appearance workers (4%)


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Crime in Big Water by Year
Type 2003 2004 2005
Murders 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
Rapes 100
    per 100,000 233.10.00.0
Robberies 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
Assaults 202
    per 100,000 466.20.0464.0
Burglaries 404
    per 100,000 932.40.0928.1
Thefts 400
    per 100,000 932.40.00.0
Auto thefts 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
Arson 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 118.7) 382.30.0157.8

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 1 (1 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  2.40
US city average:  3.00

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Hospitals/medical centers near Big Water:
  • PAGE HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; PAGE, AZ)
  • KANE COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 33 miles; KANAB, UT)
  • PHS INDIAN HOSPITAL (about 72 miles; TUBA CITY, AZ)

Political contributions by individuals in Big Water, UT

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Big Water:
  • PAGE MUNI (about 20 miles; PAGE, AZ; ID: PGA)
  • GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK (about 85 miles; GRAND CANYON, AZ; ID: GCN)
  • CEDAR CITY REGIONAL (about 108 miles; CEDAR CITY, UT; ID: CDC)
Other public-use airports nearest to Big Water:
  • MARBLE CANYON (about 20 miles; MARBLE CANYON, AZ; ID: L41)
  • ESCALANTE MUNI (about 46 miles; ESCALANTE, UT; ID: 1L7)
  • BRYCE CANYON (about 54 miles; BRYCE CANYON, UT; ID: BCE)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Big Water:
  • NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY (about 104 miles; FLAGSTAFF, AZ; Full-time enrollment: 15,758)
  • SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY (about 115 miles; CEDAR CITY, UT; FT enrollment: 5,091)
  • DIXIE STATE COLLEGE OF UTAH (about 119 miles; ST GEORGE, UT; FT enrollment: 4,347)
  • SNOW COLLEGE (about 158 miles; EPHRAIM, UT; FT enrollment: 2,632)
  • YAVAPAI COLLEGE (about 180 miles; PRESCOTT, AZ; FT enrollment: 3,415)
  • NORTHLAND PIONEER COLLEGE (about 181 miles; HOLBROOK, AZ; FT enrollment: 2,177)
  • MOHAVE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 203 miles; KINGMAN, AZ; FT enrollment: 2,405)
Public high school in Big Water:
  • BIG WATER HIGH (Students: 27; Location: AARON BURR RD; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public elementary/middle school in Big Water:
  • BIG WATER ELEM SCH (Students: 24; Location: AARON BURR RD; Grades: KG - 06)

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Average household size:
This town:  2.4 people
Utah:  3.1 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  69.0%
Whole state:  76.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  6.4%
Whole state:  3.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 1.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  14.5%
Whole state:  9.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  8.8%
Whole state:  3.9%

Big Water compared to Utah state average:
  • Median household income below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Kane County Utah:


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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Other and Unallocable 0$0 3$1,477
Other Government Administration 0$0 2$2,055
Judicial and Legal 0$0 3$1,034
Firefighters 0$0 13$374
Financial Administration 0$0 1$221
Totals for Government 0$0 22$5,161


Big Water government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Solid Waste Management: $29,000
    All Other: $10,000
  • Construction - Regular Highways: $5,000
  • Current Operations - Financial Administration: $76,000
    Solid Waste Management: $28,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $12,000
    Fire Protection: $10,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $9,000
    Parks & Recreation: $3,000
    Police Protection: $2,000
    General - Other: $2,000
    Regular Highways: $1,000
  • Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Police Protection: $30,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $11,000
    Interest Earnings: $3,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $7,000
    Financial Administration: $2,000
    Regular Highways: $1,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $132,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $25,000
  • Tax - Property: $96,000
    Total General Sales: $38,000
    NEC: $6,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $52,000

13.94% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($58,255 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  13.94%
Utah average:  8.03%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Washington County, UT  1.44% ($29,567 average AGI)
from Clark County, NV  1.39% ($43,931)
from Coconino County, AZ  0.91% ($29,316)


9.82% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,800 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  9.82%
Utah average:  7.46%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Washington County, UT  1.51% ($30,600 average AGI)
to Coconino County, AZ  1.31% ($22,115)
to Iron County, UT  0.81% ($40,375)


Strongest AM radio stations in Big Water:
  • KPGE (1340 AM; 1 kW; PAGE, AZ; Owner: LAKE POWELL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KTNN (660 AM; 50 kW; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; Owner: THE NAVAJO NATION)
  • KMIA (710 AM; 50 kW; BLACK CANYON CITY, AZ; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • KDWN (720 AM; 50 kW; LAS VEGAS, NV; Owner: RADIO NEVADA CORP.)
  • KHAC (880 AM; 43 kW; TSE BONITO, NM; Owner: WESTERN INDIAN MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • KXNT (840 AM; 50 kW; NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KALL (700 AM; 50 kW; NORTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KFNX (1100 AM; 50 kW; CAVE CREEK, AZ; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • KNNZ (940 AM; 10 kW; CEDAR CITY, UT; Owner: MB MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • KIQN (1010 AM; 50 kW; TOOELE, UT)
  • KNZZ (1100 AM; 50 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: M B C GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KDXU (890 AM; 10 kW; ST. GEORGE, UT; Owner: WESTERN BROADCASTING, LS, LLC)
  • KSL (1160 AM; 50 kW; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Big Water:
  • KNAD (91.7 FM; PAGE, AZ; Owner: AZ BOARD OF REGENTS FOR N. AZ UNIV.)
  • K282AC (104.3 FM; RURAL GARFIELD COUNT, UT; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
  • KPLD (101.1 FM; KANAB, UT; Owner: MARATHON MEDIA GROUP, L.L.C.)
  • KXAZ (93.3 FM; PAGE, AZ; Owner: LAKE POWELL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)

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