Bigelow vs Ellsworth

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

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

Ellsworth has the higher population (471 vs 269 in Bigelow). Bigelow has the higher median household income ($75,625 vs $58,438 in Ellsworth). Since 2019, Bigelow's population has grown faster (+23.4% vs -4.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bigelow	Ellsworth
Population	269	471
Median age	36.8 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,625	$58,438
Median home value	—	$85,700
Median gross rent	$1,550	$631
Housing units	118	177
Homeownership rate	65.4%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bigelow	Ellsworth
Population	218 → 269 (+23.4%)	494 → 471 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$68,194 → $75,625 (+10.9%)	$44,432 → $58,438 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $95,000 (+61.6%)	$58,100 → $85,700 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,550 (+82.4%)	$513 → $631 (+23.0%)

Bigelow

Population

218269

Median household income

$68,194$75,625

Median home value

$58,800$95,000

Median gross rent

$850$1,550

Ellsworth

Population

494471

Median household income

$44,432$58,438

Median home value

$58,100$85,700

Median gross rent

$513$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bigelow	Ellsworth
Under 5	4.5%	16.3%
5 to 17	20.4%	11.7%
18 to 24	10.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	18.2%	8.9%
45 to 54	4.8%	7.0%
55 to 64	17.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	5.9%	15.9%
75 and over	5.6%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bigelow	Ellsworth
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	58.4%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bigelow	Ellsworth
No high school diploma	20.7%	1.6%
High school graduate	38.5%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bigelow	Ellsworth
Drove alone	72.5%	75.9%
Carpooled	16.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bigelow	Ellsworth
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bigelow	Ellsworth
Poverty rate	12.0%	5.5%
Average household size	2.59	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1938	1955