Best PlacesBig Water, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Big Water, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Big Water ranks 30,250th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Big Water
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Big Water's strengths and weaknesses
Where Big Water ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 179 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 92% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
Where Big Water ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Big Water
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Big Water home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $58,196, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Big Water's effective rate of 0.39%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Big Water
Big Water runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Big Water.
Who works in Big Water, and how
Work in Big Water centers on hospitality & food and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Big Water
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Big Water.
What the weather is like in Big Water, month by month
Big Water sees roughly 179 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 101 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 76° | 61° | 47° |
| July | 101° | 87° | 73° |
| October | 76° | 61° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Big Water
The nearest airport, Page Municipal, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Harry Reid International, about 206 miles away.
The best schools in and around Big Water
Schools across Big Water average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Big Water SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Page Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Big Water HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Page High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Big Water school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Big Water measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Big Water against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Big Water
Is Big Water a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Big Water ranks 30,250th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, quiet, and a strong job market, and lowest on air quality and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Big Water expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $270,343. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $58,196 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Big Water safe?
Big Water is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $619 per resident a year.
Compare Big Water with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Big Water. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Big Water represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Big Water detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Big Water: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Big Water: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Big Water: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Big Water: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Big Water detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.