Bigelow vs Wilmont

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

Bigelow and Wilmont 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 241 in Wilmont). Bigelow has the higher median household income ($75,625 vs $55,000 in Wilmont). Since 2019, Bigelow's population has grown faster (+23.4% vs -28.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Bigelow	Wilmont
Population	269	241
Median age	36.8 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,625	$55,000
Median home value	—	$152,500
Median gross rent	$1,550	$842
Housing units	118	133
Homeownership rate	65.4%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bigelow	Wilmont
Population	218 → 269 (+23.4%)	336 → 241 (-28.3%)
Median household income	$68,194 → $75,625 (+10.9%)	$55,625 → $55,000 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $95,000 (+61.6%)	$81,100 → $152,500 (+88.0%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,550 (+82.4%)	$750 → $842 (+12.3%)

Bigelow

Population

218269

Median household income

$68,194$75,625

Median home value

$58,800$95,000

Median gross rent

$850$1,550

Wilmont

Population

336241

Median household income

$55,625$55,000

Median home value

$81,100$152,500

Median gross rent

$750$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bigelow	Wilmont
Under 5	4.5%	2.5%
5 to 17	20.4%	10.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	5.8%
35 to 44	18.2%	7.9%
45 to 54	4.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	17.1%	17.4%
65 to 74	5.9%	14.9%
75 and over	5.6%	20.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bigelow	Wilmont
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	58.4%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bigelow	Wilmont
No high school diploma	20.7%	3.1%
High school graduate	38.5%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bigelow	Wilmont
Drove alone	72.5%	75.7%
Carpooled	16.9%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bigelow	Wilmont
1-unit, detached	100.0%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bigelow	Wilmont
Poverty rate	12.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.59	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1938	1955