Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0There are 2.1 jobs in Bigfork for every working resident, and 307 people commute in
Working residents average 15 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. Employers in Bigfork report 351 jobs for 166 working residents. About one in four work in Bigfork itself; outside it, Effie draws the most (8%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bigfork by day and by night
On a workday 122 residents head out to work and 44 work right here.
About 590 people are in Bigfork on a workday afternoon, 46% more than live here.
2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Bigfork, and from where
Where Bigfork clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
In Bigfork, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bigfork, 2013 → 2023: 485 → 351. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Bigfork’s commute takes about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bigfork workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 68 commuters (the 12% 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.
Half of Bigfork commutes less than 21 miles
About 28% 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.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Bigfork?
$29,375 (±$11,549) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bigfork?
38.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bigfork?
15 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bigfork work?
27% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Effie (8%, 6 mi), Grand Rapids (8%, 36 mi), Bigfork Township (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bigfork without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 27% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bigfork, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bigfork
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.