Bigfork is a tiny city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 403 people and two associated neighborhoods, Bigfork is the 468th largest community in Minnesota.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.69% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Bigfork’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Bigfork has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Bigfork a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.40 minutes getting to work every day.
In Bigfork, just 10.88% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Bigfork in 2022 was $27,652, which is low income relative to Minnesota, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,608 for a family of four. However, Bigfork contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bigfork also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.97% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Bigfork home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bigfork residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Bigfork include German, Swedish, English, Irish, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Bigfork is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.