It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bigfork has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bigfork has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bigfork than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bigfork may be for you.
Despite the fact that it is a small city, Bigfork has quite a few people who take public transportation – mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the city for affordable transportation.
The percentage of people in Bigfork with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.82% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bigfork in 2022 was $28,997, 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 $115,988 for a family of four. However, Bigfork contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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, English, Swedish, Norwegian, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Bigfork is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
