Bigelow vs Lismore

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

Bigelow and Lismore 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 259 in Lismore). Bigelow has the higher median household income ($75,625 vs $58,490 in Lismore). Since 2019, Bigelow's population has grown faster (+23.4% vs +14.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bigelow	Lismore
Population	269	259
Median age	36.8 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,625	$58,490
Median home value	—	$48,900
Median gross rent	$1,550	$900
Housing units	118	168
Homeownership rate	65.4%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bigelow	Lismore
Population	218 → 269 (+23.4%)	227 → 259 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$68,194 → $75,625 (+10.9%)	$51,250 → $58,490 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $95,000 (+61.6%)	$76,400 → $48,900 (-36.0%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,550 (+82.4%)	$833 → $900 (+8.0%)

Bigelow

Population

218269

Median household income

$68,194$75,625

Median home value

$58,800$95,000

Median gross rent

$850$1,550

Lismore

Population

227259

Median household income

$51,250$58,490

Median home value

$76,400$48,900

Median gross rent

$833$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bigelow	Lismore
Under 5	4.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	20.4%	15.8%
18 to 24	10.4%	10.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.6%
35 to 44	18.2%	8.5%
45 to 54	4.8%	26.6%
55 to 64	17.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	5.9%	7.3%
75 and over	5.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bigelow	Lismore
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	58.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	58.4%	36.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bigelow	Lismore
No high school diploma	20.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bigelow	Lismore
Drove alone	72.5%	88.2%
Carpooled	16.9%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bigelow	Lismore
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
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	Lismore
Poverty rate	12.0%	17.0%
Average household size	2.59	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1938	1952