Bigelow vs Rushmore

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

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

Rushmore has the higher population (351 vs 269 in Bigelow). Bigelow has the higher median household income ($75,625 vs $39,205 in Rushmore). Since 2019, Bigelow's population has grown faster (+23.4% vs -0.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bigelow	Rushmore
Population	269	351
Median age	36.8 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,625	$39,205
Median home value	—	$107,200
Median gross rent	$1,550	$750
Housing units	118	170
Homeownership rate	65.4%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bigelow	Rushmore
Population	218 → 269 (+23.4%)	354 → 351 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$68,194 → $75,625 (+10.9%)	$60,556 → $39,205 (-35.3%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $95,000 (+61.6%)	$77,200 → $107,200 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,550 (+82.4%)	$756 → $750 (-0.8%)

Bigelow

Population

218269

Median household income

$68,194$75,625

Median home value

$58,800$95,000

Median gross rent

$850$1,550

Rushmore

Population

354351

Median household income

$60,556$39,205

Median home value

$77,200$107,200

Median gross rent

$756$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bigelow	Rushmore
Under 5	4.5%	7.4%
5 to 17	20.4%	22.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.2%
35 to 44	18.2%	9.1%
45 to 54	4.8%	6.6%
55 to 64	17.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	5.9%	8.3%
75 and over	5.6%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bigelow	Rushmore
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	68.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
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%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	58.4%	26.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bigelow	Rushmore
No high school diploma	20.7%	23.5%
High school graduate	38.5%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bigelow	Rushmore
Drove alone	72.5%	85.6%
Carpooled	16.9%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bigelow	Rushmore
1-unit, detached	100.0%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Bigelow	Rushmore
Poverty rate	12.0%	18.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1938	1947