Big Lake vs Wright

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

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

Big Lake has the higher population (351 vs 121 in Wright). Big Lake has the higher median household income ($84,583 vs $69,750 in Wright). Big Lake has the higher median home value ($251,000 vs $123,800 in Wright).

Population, income & housing

	Big Lake	Wright
Population	351	121
Median age	39.8 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$84,583	$69,750
Median home value	$251,000	$123,800
Median gross rent	—	$630
Housing units	208	60
Homeownership rate	88.2%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Lake	Wright
Population	378 → 351 (-7.1%)	129 → 121 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$75,833 → $84,583 (+11.5%)	$32,708 → $69,750 (+113.3%)
Median home value	$200,000 → $251,000 (+25.5%)	$129,200 → $123,800 (-4.2%)
Median gross rent	$104 → $99 (-4.8%)	$525 → $630 (+20.0%)

Big Lake

Population

378351

Median household income

$75,833$84,583

Median home value

$200,000$251,000

Median gross rent

$104$99

Wright

Population

129121

Median household income

$32,708$69,750

Median home value

$129,200$123,800

Median gross rent

$525$630

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Lake	Wright
Under 5	2.3%	0.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	36.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	17.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	8.3%
65 to 74	17.4%	12.4%
75 and over	3.7%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Lake	Wright
White (non-Hispanic)	63.5%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	28.2%	4.1%
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%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Lake	Wright
No high school diploma	6.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	35.5%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Lake	Wright
Drove alone	80.8%	85.0%
Carpooled	11.6%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	10.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Lake	Wright
1-unit, detached	88.9%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Big Lake	Wright
Poverty rate	11.4%	25.8%
Average household size	2.60	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1976	1962