City safety & data profile

Big LakeMN

Big Lake, MN is a 10K-resident city in Sherburne County with a median household income of $92,500.

Sherburne County, Minnesota. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Big Lake, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Big Lake has a population larger than 2% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $256,800.

Data updated 2026-09-04

10K
Population (place)
Bottom 3%
By size
$92,500
Median income (place)
$256,800
Median home (place)
12.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Big Lake

Big Lake posts a median household income higher than 63% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 37%
by median income, US cities

Where Big Lake income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$92,500 Top 37% higher than 63% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Big Lake $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MN

Population among 97 MN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Minneapolis is the largest MN city on this list; Rogers leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MN

Median household income among the same 97-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Rogers posts the highest place-level median income in MN; Minneapolis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Big Lake, MN beyond the headline numbers

Big Lake sits inside Sherburne County, Minnesota, at roughly 45.33°N, -93.75°W. Population 10,368, $92,500 median household income. Median home value $256,800, median rent $99. Poverty rate 12.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Big Lake, MN stands at 12.7%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Big Lake runs about 2.8 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 8% of Big Lake workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 5.2% in Big Lake, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Big Lake workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 42.8 years, Big Lake's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Big Lake from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,368
Big Lake · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$92,500
+3% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$256,800
-38% vs avg
Median Age (place)
42.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Sherburne County): Big Lake's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
101K+13%
Median Income
$105,466+44%
Median Home Value
$361,400+87%
Poverty Rate
5.1%-35%
Unemployment
3%-58%

Economics

Economics indicators for Big Lake, MN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$99/mo
Poverty Rate
12.7%
Unemployment 6.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 20.6%
Work From Home 8%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 66.4%
African American 0.5%
Asian 0.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 31.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
43%
High Blood Pressure
40.1%
Short Sleep Duration
37.6%
Physical Inactivity
31.9%
Current Smoking
21.3%
Diabetes
17.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.9%
Binge Drinking
16.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.5%
Current Asthma
11.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 57.8%
Annual Checkup 75.3%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
9.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
9.7%
Stroke
5.2%

What alerts and safety updates affect Big Lake?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Big Lake right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MN-BIG-LAKE · Big Lake

Big Lake: 1 tagged alert; lead category ECCC weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • MIX-LED 100% ca-weather
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Big Lake

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Big Lake.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Big Lake; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Minnesota state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Big Lake, MN? ▼
Big Lake, MN has a population of 10,368 people, located in Sherburne County, Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Big Lake? ▼
The median household income in Big Lake, MN is $92,500 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 12.7%.
What is the median home value in Big Lake? ▼
The median home value in Big Lake, MN is $256,800. Median rent is $99/month.
What are the top health concerns in Big Lake? ▼
The top health indicators in Big Lake include Obesity (43%), High Blood Pressure (40.1%), Short Sleep Duration (37.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Big Lake? ▼
The median age in Big Lake, MN is 42.8 years. 20.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Big Lake, both outside Minnesota so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MN (12.7% here).

Portland, OR 12.7% Lincoln, NE 12.7% Hampton, VA 12.7% Rialto, CA 12.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MN ($92,500 here).

Des Moines, WA $92,483 South Lyon, MI $92,467 Viera East, FL $92,467 Plantation, FL $92,541

Compare Big Lake with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Monticello, MN 13K Saint Michael, MN 16K Otsego, MN 16K Elk River, MN 24K Buffalo, MN 16K Rogers, MN 13K Ramsey, MN 26K Champlin, MN 24K
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Using Big Lake's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Big Lake area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Big Lake against Minnesota peers on any ranking lens. Explore Minnesota

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Sherburne County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.