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Bigelow, MN map Population (year 2000): 231. Estimated population in July 2006: 222 (-3.9% change)
 

Males: 122  (52.8%)
Females: 109  (47.2%)

Nobles County

Median resident age:  32.3 years
Minnesota median age:  35.4 years

Zip codes: 56117.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $35,200 (it was $32,750 in 2000)
Bigelow  $35,200
Minnesota:  $52,024

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $60,100 (it was $44,600 in 2000)
Bigelow  $60,100
Minnesota:  $198,800

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Races in Bigelow:

  • White Non-Hispanic (91.3%)
  • Hispanic (7.4%)
  • Other race (6.1%)
  • Other Asian (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

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Ancestries: German (58.9%), Dutch (10.4%), United States (7.4%), Irish (6.5%), Norwegian (6.5%), Polish (4.8%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 1640 feet

Land area: 0.38 square miles.

Population density: 590 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Bigelow

  • High school or higher: 78.2%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.7%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 5.1%
  • Unemployed: 2.7%
  • Mean travel time to work: 15.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Bigelow city

  • Never married: 18.5%
  • Now married: 69.1%
  • Separated: 1.7%
  • Widowed: 5.1%
  • Divorced: 5.6%

6 residents are foreign born (2.6% Europe).

This city:  2.6%
Minnesota:  5.3%



According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Bigelow, Minnesota in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Bigelow to the number of sex offenders is 223 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Bigelow:  0.9% ($395)
Minnesota:  1.1% ($1,297)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Sioux Falls, SD (71.6 miles , pop. 123,975).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Omaha, NE (156.8 miles , pop. 390,007).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (562.3 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Sibley, IA (8.0 miles ), Worthington, MN (10.4 miles ), Rushmore, MN (11.0 miles ), Ocheyedan, IA (12.3 miles ), Little Rock, IA (14.0 miles ), Ashton, IA (15.0 miles ), Round Lake, MN (15.4 miles ), Melvin, IA (16.1 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 0 buildings
  • 1997: 0 buildings
  • 1998: 0 buildings
  • 1999: 0 buildings
  • 2000: 0 buildings
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2002: 0 buildings
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 0 buildings
  • 2005: 0 buildings
  • 2006: 0 buildings

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Latitude: 43.50 N, Longitude: 95.69 W


Area code: 507

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Population change in the 1990s: -1 (-0.4%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (17%)
  • Food (15%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
  • Truck transportation (9%)
  • Repair and maintenance (9%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
  • Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (22%)
  • Food (9%)
  • Paper (9%)
  • Food and beverage stores (9%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (7%)
  • Private households (7%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (6%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (6%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)


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Bigelow-area historical tornado activity is above Minnesota state average. It is 79% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/16/1992, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 30.5 miles away from the Bigelow city center killed one person and injured 35 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 6/13/1968, a category 5 tornado 46.2 miles away from the city center killed 9 people and injured 150 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Bigelow:
  • OSCEOLA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; SIBLEY, IA)
  • WORTHINGTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; WORTHINGTON, MN)
  • NORTHWEST IOWA HEALTH CENTER (about 25 miles; SHELDON, IA)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Bigelow:
  • JOE FOSS FIELD (about 73 miles; SIOUX FALLS, SD; ID: FSD)
  • SIOUX GATEWAY/COL. BUD DAY FIELD (about 90 miles; SIOUX CITY, IA; ID: SUX)
  • BROOKINGS MUNI (about 96 miles; BROOKINGS, SD; ID: BKX)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bigelow:
  • SIBLEY MUNI (about 11 miles; SIBLEY, IA; ID: ISB)
  • WORTHINGTON MUNI (about 14 miles; WORTHINGTON, MN; ID: OTG)
  • SHELDON MUNI (about 24 miles; SHELDON, IA; ID: SHL)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Bigelow:
  • SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY (about 66 miles; MARSHALL, MN; Full-time enrollment: 3,405)
  • BUENA VISTA UNIVERSITY (about 68 miles; STORM LAKE, IA; FT enrollment: 2,524)
  • WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 90 miles; SIOUX CITY, IA; FT enrollment: 2,639)
  • SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 97 miles; BROOKINGS, SD; FT enrollment: 7,353)
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA (about 100 miles; VERMILLION, SD; FT enrollment: 6,014)
  • SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE-MANKATO (about 121 miles; NORTH MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 2,186)
  • RIDGEWATER COLLEGE (about 124 miles; WILLMAR, MN; FT enrollment: 2,711)
Private high school in Bigelow:
  • FAITH CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 32; Location: BOX 38 3012 BIRCHWOOD DR; Grades: 9 - 12)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Bigelow and their reported violations in the past:

BIGELOW (Address: Bigelow City Hall, Population served: 231, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JUL-1993 and MAR-1994, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (2 times from NOV-01-1993 to DEC-01-1993), St Formal NOV issued (FEB-11-1994), St Other (MAR-28-1994), St Compliance achieved (MAR-30-1994), Fed PAO issued (MAY-26-1994)
  • 4 routine major monitoring violations
  • One regular monitoring violation

Average household size:
This city:  2.7 people
Minnesota:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  72.4%
Whole state:  66.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  4.6%
Whole state:  5.3%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  12.2%
Whole state:  7.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  1.8%
Whole state:  3.2%

Bigelow compared to Minnesota state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Water Supply 0$0 1$350
Other Government Administration 0$0 1$525
Streets and Highways 0$0 1$400
Totals for Government 0$0 3$1,275


Bigelow government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Solid Waste Management: $15,000
    All Other: $10,000
  • Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $119,000
    Water Utilities: $34,000
    General - Other: $24,000
    Solid Waste Management: $15,000
    Regular Highways: $15,000
    Fire Protection: $12,000
    Financial Administration: $3,000
    Central Staff Services: $2,000
    Parks & Recreation: $2,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $4,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $92,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $86,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $6,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $2,000
    Special Assessments: $2,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $8,000
  • Revenue - Electric Utilities: $172,000
    Water Utilities: $24,000
  • State Intergovernmental - General Support: $31,000
  • Tax - Property: $18,000
    NEC: $1,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $18,000

4.10% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($25,194 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.10%
Minnesota average:  7.79%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Minnehaha County, SD  0.35% ($24,037 average AGI)
from Jackson County, MN  0.23% ($22,278)
from Cottonwood County, MN  0.20% ($22,067)


6.47% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,923 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.47%
Minnesota average:  7.84%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Minnehaha County, SD  0.74% ($25,121 average AGI)
to Murray County, MN  0.38% ($40,733)
to Hennepin County, MN  0.34% ($29,481)


Strongest AM radio stations in Bigelow:
  • KWOA (730 AM; 1 kW; WORTHINGTON, MN)
  • KLOH (1050 AM; 9 kW; PIPESTONE, MN; Owner: WALLACE CHRISTENSEN)
  • KXRB (1000 AM; 10 kW; SIOUX FALLS, SD)
  • KKOJ (1190 AM; 5 kW; JACKSON, MN; Owner: KLEVEN BROADCASTING CO. OF MINN.)
  • KSOO (1140 AM; 10 kW; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Owner: SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BROADCASTING CO.)
  • KOIL (1020 AM; 50 kW; PLATTSMOUTH, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
  • KFAB (1110 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KKAR (1290 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
  • WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
  • KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
  • KYDZ (1180 AM; 25 kW; BELLEVUE, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Bigelow:
  • KWOA-FM (95.1 FM; WORTHINGTON, MN; Owner: THREE EAGLES OF LUVERNE, INC.)
  • KITN (93.5 FM; WORTHINGTON, MN; Owner: THREE EAGLES OF LUVERNE, INC.)
  • KISD (98.7 FM; PIPESTONE, MN; Owner: WALLACE CHRISTENSEN)
  • KJOE (106.1 FM; SLAYTON, MN; Owner: WALLACE CHRISTENSEN)
  • KBOJ (88.1 FM; WORTHINGTON, MN; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
  • KNSW (91.7 FM; WORTHINGTON-MARSHALL, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO)
  • KELO-FM (92.5 FM; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Owner: MIDCONTINENT RADIO OF SOUTH DAKOTA, INC.)
  • KLQL (101.1 FM; LUVERNE, MN; Owner: THREE EAGLES OF LUVERNE, INC.)
  • KRSW (89.3 FM; WORTHINGTON, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO)

TV broadcast stations around Bigelow:
  • K07TY (Channel 7; WORTHINGTON, MN; Owner: NOBLES BROADCASTING CO., LTD.)
  • K33AB (Channel 33; SIBLEY, ETC., IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
  • K15EB (Channel 15; WORTHINGTON, MN; Owner: INDEPENDENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KELO-TV (Channel 11; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Owner: YOUNG BROADCASTING OF SIOUX FALLS, INC.)
  • KSMN (Channel 20; WORTHINGTON, MN; Owner: WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EDUCATIONAL TV COMPANY)
  • KSFY-TV (Channel 13; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Owner: ELCOM OF SOUTH DAKOTA, INC.)
  • KDLT-TV (Channel 46; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Owner: RED RIVER BROADCAST CO., LLC)

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