Adrian vs Bigelow

A side-by-side comparison of Adrian and Bigelow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Adrian has the higher population (1,288 vs 269 in Bigelow). Bigelow has the higher median household income ($75,625 vs $74,100 in Adrian). Since 2019, Bigelow's population has grown faster (+23.4% vs +9.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Adrian	Bigelow
Population	1,288	269
Median age	36.4 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,100	$75,625
Median home value	$172,000	—
Median gross rent	$729	$1,550
Housing units	547	118
Homeownership rate	82.6%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adrian	Bigelow
Population	1,178 → 1,288 (+9.3%)	218 → 269 (+23.4%)
Median household income	$59,318 → $74,100 (+24.9%)	$68,194 → $75,625 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $172,000 (+72.0%)	$58,800 → $95,000 (+61.6%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $729 (+34.3%)	$850 → $1,550 (+82.4%)

Adrian

Population

1,1781,288

Median household income

$59,318$74,100

Median home value

$100,000$172,000

Median gross rent

$543$729

Bigelow

Population

218269

Median household income

$68,194$75,625

Median home value

$58,800$95,000

Median gross rent

$850$1,550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adrian	Bigelow
Under 5	10.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.4%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	7.7%	18.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	4.8%
55 to 64	15.8%	17.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	5.9%
75 and over	7.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adrian	Bigelow
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	41.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.5%	58.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adrian	Bigelow
No high school diploma	15.2%	20.7%
High school graduate	24.4%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adrian	Bigelow
Drove alone	85.3%	72.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	1.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adrian	Bigelow
1-unit, detached	90.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Adrian	Bigelow
Poverty rate	7.6%	12.0%
Average household size	2.45	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1960	1938