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 where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bigfork is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce 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 a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Bigfork, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98.36% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Bigfork is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Bigfork Information and Demographics

The citizens of Bigfork are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 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.