Work & commute · Bigfork

Work & commute in Bigfork, MN

Most working residents leave Bigfork for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Bigfork (24%), Effie (7%) and Deer River (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

14 of 138 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 124 Bigfork residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bigfork.

124live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

241work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bigfork goes to work

Bigfork4 mi away

24%33

Bigfork (in town)right here

10%14

Effie5.4 mi away

7%9

Deer River31 mi away

3%4

Grand Rapids38.7 mi away

3%4

Duluth101.9 mi away

2%3

Roseau119.1 mi away

1%2

Warroad107.5 mi away

1%2

Zimmerman162.1 mi away

1%2

St. Louis Park196.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%63

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bigfork commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

42%

10%

14%

34%

42%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bigfork is a job hub

1.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bigfork are

255 jobs are based in Bigfork. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bigfork’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bigfork

255 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities69%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Bigfork residents hold

138 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+629%

Jobs based in Bigfork, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 255. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.