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Big Falls city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Big Falls city is a Census city of 136 people across 6.04 square miles of land, in Koochiching County. Median household income is $29,063, 73.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Big Falls
What Big Falls is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.04 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land23 plus or minus 8
- County holding the largest share of its areaKoochiching 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 Falls
How many people live in Big Falls
- Population136 plus or minus 49
- Median age62.5
- Population under 1812 plus or minus 17
- Share under 188.8 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Population 65 and over56 plus or minus 24
- Share 65 and over41.2 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Households88 plus or minus 28
- Family households42 plus or minus 21
- Share of households that are families47.7 percent plus or minus 18.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Big Falls
Income and work in Big Falls
- Median household income$29,063 plus or minus $13,061
- Per capita income$32,523 plus or minus $8,507
- Civilian labor force68 plus or minus 34
- Employed68 plus or minus 34
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over124 plus or minus 39
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.5 percent plus or minus 41.3
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.1 percent plus or minus 13.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Big Falls
Housing in Big Falls
- Housing units135 plus or minus 28
- Occupied units88 plus or minus 28
- Vacant units47 plus or minus 19
- Vacancy rate34.8 percent plus or minus 12.1
- Owner occupied65 plus or minus 23
- Renter occupied23 plus or minus 15
- Ownership rate73.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$67,500 plus or minus $48,128
- Median gross rent, monthly$566 plus or minus $364
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.4 percent plus or minus 18.3
- Single family units96 plus or minus 27
- Share single family71.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more32 plus or minus 21
- Share in buildings of two or more23.7 percent plus or minus 14.7
- Mobile homes7 plus or minus 7
- Median year structure built1965
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Big Falls
How Big Falls gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute54 plus or minus 25
- Commuting under 15 minutes32 plus or minus 23
- Share commuting under 15 minutes59.3 percent plus or minus 33.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more22 plus or minus 18
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.7 percent plus or minus 28.1
- Drove alone73.5 percent
- Carpooled2.9 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Worked from home20.6 percent plus or minus 19.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Koochiching County, not Big Falls
Koochiching County context, not Big Falls figures
These are Koochiching 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 Falls measurements.
- Establishments in Koochiching County367
- Employment at those establishments, Koochiching County3,520
- Covered employment, Koochiching County4,246
- Average annual pay, Koochiching County$56,827
- Average weekly wage, Koochiching County$1,093
- Housing units permitted, Koochiching County27
- Of those, single family, Koochiching County27
- County product, 2024, Koochiching County$642,732,000
- County product change over the prior year, Koochiching County2.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Koochiching County$58,961
Every figure in this section is published for Koochiching County as a whole and is not a measurement of Big Falls. 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 approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- 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 Falls questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Big Falls, Minnesota?
136, in 88 households. Big Falls city covers 6.04 square miles of land, which is 23 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Big Falls in?
Koochiching 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 Falls?
$29,063. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $67,500. Median gross rent is $566 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 Falls figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Koochiching 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 Falls.
Is zoning published for Big Falls?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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