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Big Lake CDP, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Big Lake CDP is a Census CDP of 378 people across 2.11 square miles of land, in Carlton County. Median household income is $92,500, 91.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Big Lake
What Big Lake is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.11 sq mi
- Water area0.8 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land179
- County holding the largest share of its areaCarlton County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Big Lake
How many people live in Big Lake
- Population378
- Median age42.8 plus or minus 8.8
- Population under 1868 plus or minus 35
- Share under 1818.0 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Population 65 and over79 plus or minus 25
- Share 65 and over20.9 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Households130 plus or minus 30
- Family households88 plus or minus 23
- Share of households that are families67.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Big Lake
- Median household income$92,500 plus or minus $25,497
- Per capita income$40,674 plus or minus $9,014
- Civilian labor force178 plus or minus 47
- Employed166 plus or minus 45
- Unemployed12 plus or minus 8
- Unemployment rate6.7 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Adults 25 and over282
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.6 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.9 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Big Lake
- Housing units218
- Occupied units130 plus or minus 30
- Vacant units88
- Vacancy rate40.4 percent
- Owner occupied119 plus or minus 30
- Renter occupied11 plus or minus 12
- Ownership rate91.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$256,800 plus or minus $62,825
- Median gross rent, monthly$99
- Annual rent as a share of median income1.3 percent
- Single family units195
- Share single family89.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more11 plus or minus 13
- Share in buildings of two or more5.0 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Mobile homes12 plus or minus 9
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Big Lake gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute150 plus or minus 43
- Commuting under 15 minutes28 plus or minus 18
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.7 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more63 plus or minus 28
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more42.0 percent plus or minus 14.2
- Drove alone71.8 percent plus or minus 16.0
- Carpooled17.8 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.8 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Worked from home8.0 percent plus or minus 6.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carlton County, not Big Lake
Carlton County context, not Big Lake figures
These are Carlton County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Big Lake measurements.
- Establishments in Carlton County708
- Employment at those establishments, Carlton County7,855
- Covered employment, Carlton County13,269
- Average annual pay, Carlton County$58,073
- Average weekly wage, Carlton County$1,117
- Housing units permitted, Carlton County126
- Of those, single family, Carlton County96
- County product, 2024, Carlton County$1,906,926,000
- County product change over the prior year, Carlton County6.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Carlton County$60,577
Every figure in this section is published for Carlton County as a whole and is not a measurement of Big Lake. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA figures are shown. withheld: Minnesota has 2 places named Big Lake and the tape records none of their loans in Carlton County.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Big Lake questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Big Lake, Minnesota?
378, in 130 households. Big Lake CDP covers 2.11 square miles of land, which is 179 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Big Lake in?
Carlton County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Big Lake?
$92,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $256,800. Median gross rent is $99 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Big Lake figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Carlton County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Big Lake.
Is zoning published for Big Lake?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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