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.
A relatively large number of people in Bigfork telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.69% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
The overall crime rate in Bigfork is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
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.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Bigfork spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.40 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
The rate of college-level education in Bigfork is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.88% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
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.