Big Lake vs Craig

A side-by-side comparison of Big Lake and Craig: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Lake and Craig are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Craig has the higher population (107 vs 67 in Big Lake). Big Lake has the higher median household income ($57,917 vs $36,875 in Craig). Big Lake has the higher median home value ($195,800 vs $47,500 in Craig).

Population, income & housing

	Big Lake	Craig
Population	67	107
Median age	61.2 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,917	$36,875
Median home value	$195,800	$47,500
Housing units	258	103
Homeownership rate	97.7%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Lake	Craig
Population	95 → 67 (-29.5%)	172 → 107 (-37.8%)
Median household income	$47,000 → $57,917 (+23.2%)	$29,000 → $36,875 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$176,000 → $195,800 (+11.3%)	$33,300 → $47,500 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$525 → $625 (+19.0%)

Big Lake

Population

9567

Median household income

$47,000$57,917

Median home value

$176,000$195,800

Craig

Population

172107

Median household income

$29,000$36,875

Median home value

$33,300$47,500

Median gross rent

$525$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Lake	Craig
Under 5	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	4.5%	25.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	3.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	3.0%	4.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	18.7%
55 to 64	49.3%	15.9%
65 to 74	14.9%	10.3%
75 and over	14.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Lake	Craig
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.5%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Lake	Craig
No high school diploma	4.7%	32.9%
High school graduate	34.4%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Lake	Craig
Drove alone	65.0%	71.7%
Carpooled	10.0%	24.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Lake	Craig
1-unit, detached	85.3%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Big Lake	Craig
Poverty rate	7.5%	20.8%
Average household size	1.56	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	2000	1938