Bigfork is a somewhat small town located in the state of Montana. With a population of 5,118 people and four associated neighborhoods, Bigfork is the 19th largest community in Montana.
Bigfork home prices are not only among the most expensive in Montana, but Bigfork real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Also of interest is that Bigfork has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Bigfork telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.84% 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.
It is a fairly quiet town 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.
Being a small town, Bigfork does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Bigfork, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Bigfork is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 50.73% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Bigfork in 2022 was $41,326, which is wealthy relative to Montana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $165,304 for a family of four. However, Bigfork contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bigfork is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. 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, Irish, Norwegian, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Bigfork is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.