Bigelow vs Brewster

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

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

Brewster has the higher population (605 vs 269 in Bigelow). Bigelow has the higher median household income ($75,625 vs $59,688 in Brewster). Since 2019, Brewster's population has grown faster (+33.6% vs +23.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Bigelow	Brewster
Population	269	605
Median age	36.8 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,625	$59,688
Median home value	—	$130,500
Median gross rent	$1,550	$721
Housing units	118	201
Homeownership rate	65.4%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bigelow	Brewster
Population	218 → 269 (+23.4%)	453 → 605 (+33.6%)
Median household income	$68,194 → $75,625 (+10.9%)	$55,375 → $59,688 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $95,000 (+61.6%)	$96,300 → $130,500 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,550 (+82.4%)	$575 → $721 (+25.4%)

Bigelow

Population

218269

Median household income

$68,194$75,625

Median home value

$58,800$95,000

Median gross rent

$850$1,550

Brewster

Population

453605

Median household income

$55,375$59,688

Median home value

$96,300$130,500

Median gross rent

$575$721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bigelow	Brewster
Under 5	4.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	20.4%	23.8%
18 to 24	10.4%	10.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	18.2%	22.6%
45 to 54	4.8%	3.3%
55 to 64	17.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	5.9%	7.9%
75 and over	5.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bigelow	Brewster
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	46.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	58.4%	48.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bigelow	Brewster
No high school diploma	20.7%	11.5%
High school graduate	38.5%	55.1%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bigelow	Brewster
Drove alone	72.5%	69.4%
Carpooled	16.9%	21.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bigelow	Brewster
1-unit, detached	100.0%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.9%

Poverty & households

	Bigelow	Brewster
Poverty rate	12.0%	6.9%
Average household size	2.59	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1938	1971