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 19.22 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
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 11.08% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bigfork in 2022 was $28,116, 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 $112,464 for a family of four. However, Bigfork contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bigfork is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. 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.
