Bigfork is a very small town located in the state of Montana. With a population of 1,395 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Bigfork is the 61st largest community in Montana.

Unlike some towns, Bigfork isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Bigfork are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bigfork is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bigfork who work in sales jobs (18.23%), management occupations (17.86%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.71%).

Of important note, Bigfork is also a town of artists. Bigfork has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Bigfork's character.

Bigfork is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Bigfork isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.36% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small town, Bigfork does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Bigfork Information and Demographics

The education level of Bigfork citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 35.59% of adults in Bigfork have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bigfork in 2000 was $20,314, which is wealthy relative to Montana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $81,256 for a family of four.

The people who call Bigfork home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bigfork is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bigfork include Irish, German, English, Norwegian, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, French, Italian, and Czech.

The most common language spoken in Bigfork is English.