Big Lake vs Wrenshall

A side-by-side comparison of Big Lake and Wrenshall: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Lake and Wrenshall are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wrenshall has the higher population (413 vs 351 in Big Lake). Wrenshall has the higher median household income ($97,798 vs $84,583 in Big Lake). Big Lake has the higher median home value ($251,000 vs $232,000 in Wrenshall).

Population, income & housing

	Big Lake	Wrenshall
Population	351	413
Median age	39.8 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,583	$97,798
Median home value	$251,000	$232,000
Median gross rent	—	$971
Housing units	208	176
Homeownership rate	88.2%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Lake	Wrenshall
Population	378 → 351 (-7.1%)	510 → 413 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$75,833 → $84,583 (+11.5%)	$63,125 → $97,798 (+54.9%)
Median home value	$200,000 → $251,000 (+25.5%)	$147,500 → $232,000 (+57.3%)
Median gross rent	$104 → $99 (-4.8%)	$896 → $971 (+8.4%)

Big Lake

Population

378351

Median household income

$75,833$84,583

Median home value

$200,000$251,000

Median gross rent

$104$99

Wrenshall

Population

510413

Median household income

$63,125$97,798

Median home value

$147,500$232,000

Median gross rent

$896$971

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Lake	Wrenshall
Under 5	2.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	1.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	17.7%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	18.9%
65 to 74	17.4%	15.0%
75 and over	3.7%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Lake	Wrenshall
White (non-Hispanic)	63.5%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	28.2%	1.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Lake	Wrenshall
No high school diploma	6.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	35.5%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Lake	Wrenshall
Drove alone	80.8%	86.7%
Carpooled	11.6%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	8.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Lake	Wrenshall
1-unit, detached	88.9%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Big Lake	Wrenshall
Poverty rate	11.4%	5.9%
Average household size	2.60	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1976	1994