Work & commute · Bigfork

Work & commute in Bigfork, MN

About one in 4 of Bigfork’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Effie (8%), Grand Rapids (8%) and Bigfork (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

44 of 166 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 122 Bigfork residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 307 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bigfork.

122live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

307work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bigfork goes to work

Bigfork (in town)right here

27%44

Effie6.5 mi away

8%14

Grand Rapids35.6 mi away

8%14

Bigfork4 mi away

7%12

Ardenhurst25.5 mi away

5%9

Grattan20.4 mi away

4%6

Duluth98 mi away

3%5

Perham121.7 mi away

2%3

Deer River29 mi away

1%2

Chisholm40.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%55

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.

44%

22%

28%

44%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bigfork is a job hub

2.11jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bigfork are

351 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

351 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Bigfork residents hold

166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−28%

Jobs based in Bigfork, 2013 → 2023: 485 → 351. 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.