Bigelow vs Round Lake

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

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

Round Lake has the higher population (383 vs 269 in Bigelow). Bigelow has the higher median household income ($75,625 vs $63,661 in Round Lake). Since 2019, Bigelow's population has grown faster (+23.4% vs +0.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bigelow	Round Lake
Population	269	383
Median age	36.8 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,625	$63,661
Median home value	—	$87,800
Median gross rent	$1,550	$593
Housing units	118	211
Homeownership rate	65.4%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bigelow	Round Lake
Population	218 → 269 (+23.4%)	380 → 383 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$68,194 → $75,625 (+10.9%)	$45,682 → $63,661 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $95,000 (+61.6%)	$58,200 → $87,800 (+50.9%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,550 (+82.4%)	$625 → $593 (-5.1%)

Bigelow

Population

218269

Median household income

$68,194$75,625

Median home value

$58,800$95,000

Median gross rent

$850$1,550

Round Lake

Population

380383

Median household income

$45,682$63,661

Median home value

$58,200$87,800

Median gross rent

$625$593

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bigelow	Round Lake
Under 5	4.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.4%	8.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	10.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	18.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	4.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	17.1%	22.5%
65 to 74	5.9%	10.7%
75 and over	5.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bigelow	Round Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	58.4%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bigelow	Round Lake
No high school diploma	20.7%	9.7%
High school graduate	38.5%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bigelow	Round Lake
Drove alone	72.5%	68.3%
Carpooled	16.9%	18.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bigelow	Round Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Bigelow	Round Lake
Poverty rate	12.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1938	1954