Bigelow vs Leota

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

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

Bigelow has the higher population (269 vs 139 in Leota). Bigelow has the higher median household income ($75,625 vs $56,563 in Leota). Since 2019, Bigelow's population has grown faster (+23.4% vs -27.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bigelow	Leota
Population	269	139
Median age	36.8 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,625	$56,563
Median home value	—	$125,000
Median gross rent	$1,550	—
Housing units	118	78
Homeownership rate	65.4%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bigelow	Leota
Population	218 → 269 (+23.4%)	192 → 139 (-27.6%)
Median household income	$68,194 → $75,625 (+10.9%)	$46,875 → $56,563 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $95,000 (+61.6%)	$61,900 → $125,000 (+101.9%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,550 (+82.4%)	—

Bigelow

Population

218269

Median household income

$68,194$75,625

Median home value

$58,800$95,000

Median gross rent

$850$1,550

Leota

Population

192139

Median household income

$46,875$56,563

Median home value

$61,900$125,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bigelow	Leota
Under 5	4.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	20.4%	20.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	1.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	23.0%
35 to 44	18.2%	2.2%
45 to 54	4.8%	7.2%
55 to 64	17.1%	5.8%
65 to 74	5.9%	19.4%
75 and over	5.6%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bigelow	Leota
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	80.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	58.4%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bigelow	Leota
No high school diploma	20.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	38.5%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bigelow	Leota
Drove alone	72.5%	87.9%
Carpooled	16.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

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

Poverty & households

	Bigelow	Leota
Poverty rate	12.0%	0.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1938	1969