Big Lake vs Oregon

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

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

Oregon has the higher population (865 vs 67 in Big Lake). Oregon has the higher median household income ($61,167 vs $57,917 in Big Lake). Big Lake has the higher median home value ($195,800 vs $105,600 in Oregon).

Population, income & housing

	Big Lake	Oregon
Population	67	865
Median age	61.2 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,917	$61,167
Median home value	$195,800	$105,600
Median gross rent	—	$564
Housing units	258	354
Homeownership rate	97.7%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Lake	Oregon
Population	95 → 67 (-29.5%)	968 → 865 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$47,000 → $57,917 (+23.2%)	$48,750 → $61,167 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$176,000 → $195,800 (+11.3%)	$78,800 → $105,600 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$612 → $564 (-7.8%)

Big Lake

Population

9567

Median household income

$47,000$57,917

Median home value

$176,000$195,800

Oregon

Population

968865

Median household income

$48,750$61,167

Median home value

$78,800$105,600

Median gross rent

$612$564

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Lake	Oregon
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	4.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	3.0%	7.4%
35 to 44	3.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	17.7%
55 to 64	49.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	14.9%	8.8%
75 and over	14.9%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Lake	Oregon
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
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%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Lake	Oregon
No high school diploma	4.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	34.4%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Lake	Oregon
Drove alone	65.0%	85.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Lake	Oregon
1-unit, detached	85.3%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Big Lake	Oregon
Poverty rate	7.5%	7.1%
Average household size	1.56	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	34	22
Median year structure built	2000	1971