Big Lake, Minnesota

Big Lake population, 2020 to 2024

Big Lake added 1,082 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.2%. In the latest year it moved by +225. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 17th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Big Lake is 90% of it.

Big Lake covers 7.23 square miles of land and 0.93 of water, for 1,778 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Big Lake is close to the typical town.

What county Big Lake is in

All of Big Lake's residents live in Sherburne County, which had 103,059 residents in 2024. Big Lake holds 12.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Big Lake

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Big Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55309. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Big Lake is

The Census internal point of Big Lake is at 45.342400, -93.743000. Saint Paul, the capital, is 41.1 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Monticello, MN (15,482 people), 3.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 34.9 miles away.

Daylight in Big Lake

At 45.34° N, Big Lake gets about 15 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Big Lake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Monticello, 3.9 miles away, with 15,482 people.