Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0A job hub: Bigfork Township has 1.8 jobs per working resident, and 241 people come in to work
Employers in Bigfork Township report 255 jobs, against 138 working residents. About one in ten work in Bigfork Township itself; outside it, Bigfork draws the most (24%, 4 miles). Home is the office for 7% of workers (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Bigfork Township on a workday
On a workday 124 residents head out to work and 14 work right here.
About 440 people are in Bigfork Township on a workday afternoon, 37% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Bigfork Township
Where Bigfork Township clocks in
24% of workers
7% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
76% of the jobs in Bigfork Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bigfork Township, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 255. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bigfork Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Bigfork Township spends getting to work: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bigfork Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 110 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Bigfork Township
About 34% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Bigfork Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bigfork Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bigfork Township | – | — | — | 16 min | $79,107 |
| Stokes Township | under 2% | — | — | 53 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Stokes Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bigfork Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bigfork Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bigfork Township?
$79,107 (±$4,607) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bigfork Township?
3.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bigfork Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bigfork Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bigfork (24%, 4 mi), Effie (7%, 5 mi), Deer River (3%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bigfork Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bigfork Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bigfork Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.