Work & commute · Bigfork

Work & commute in Bigfork, MT

About one in 3 of Bigfork’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kalispell (21%), Missoula (6%) and Evergreen (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

577 of 1,865 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,288 Bigfork residents head out of town to work, 577 work right here, and 1,238 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bigfork.

1,288live here, work elsewhere

577live and work here

1,238work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bigfork goes to work

Bigfork (in town)right here

31%577

Kalispell15.6 mi away

21%385

Missoula83.6 mi away

6%104

Evergreen14.2 mi away

5%87

Whitefish27.9 mi away

2%46

Great Falls133.9 mi away

1%22

Bozeman218.1 mi away

1%21

Billings304 mi away

1%21

Columbia Falls20.9 mi away

1%20

Helena140.2 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%563

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.

37%

38%

21%

37%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bigfork is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bigfork are

1,815 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

1,815 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Bigfork residents hold

1,865 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+35%

Jobs based in Bigfork, 2013 → 2023: 1,342 → 1,815. 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.