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Population (year 2000): 469. Estimated
population in July 2005: 455 (-3.0% change)
Males: 209 (44.6%), Females: 260 (55.4%)
Itasca County
Zip code:
56628
Median resident age: 46.7 years
Median household income: $24,167 (year 2000)
Median house value: $71,800 (year 2000)
Races in Bigfork:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.2%)
- American Indian (2.1%)
- Hispanic (1.1%)
Ancestries: German (31.8%), Norwegian (19.8%),
Swedish (16.8%), Irish (7.0%), United States (4.9%), French
(4.3%).
Elevation: 1318 feet
Land area: 1.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Bigfork
- High school or higher: 80.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.4%
- Unemployed: 6.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 11.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Bigfork city
- Never married: 27.4%
- Now married: 46.0%
- Separated: 3.2%
- Widowed: 11.7%
- Divorced: 11.7%
0.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +77 (+19.6%).
Hospital/medical center in Bigfork:
- NORTHERN ITASCA HOSPITAL DISTRICT (PO BOX
258)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Bigfork:
- DEER RIVER HEALTHCARE CENTER (about 29 miles; DEER
RIVER, MN)
- ITASCA MEMORIAL CENTER (about 36 miles; GRAND
RAPIDS, MN)
- UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER-MESABI (about 55 miles;
HIBBING, MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Bigfork:
- GRAND RAPIDS/ITASCA CO-GORDON NEWSTROM FLD (about 40
miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MN; ID: GPZ)
- FALLS INTL (about 58 miles; INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN;
ID: INL)
- CHISHOLM-HIBBING (about 63 miles; HIBBING, MN; ID:
HIB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bigfork:
- BIGFORK MUNI (about 2 miles; BIGFORK, MN; ID: FOZ)
- BOWSTRING (about 21 miles; BOWSTRING, MN; ID: 9Y0)
- SAND LAKE (about 26 miles; DEER RIVER, MN; ID: 2M6)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Bigfork:
- NORTHWEST TECHNICAL COLLEGE-BEMIDJI (about 86 miles;
BEMIDJI, MN; Full-time enrollment: 3,761)
- BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 86 miles; BEMIDJI,
MN; FT enrollment: 3,562)
- CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE-BRAINERD (about 103 miles;
BRAINERD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,364)
- LAKE SUPERIOR COLLEGE (about 121 miles; DULUTH, MN;
FT enrollment: 2,512)
- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH (about 127 miles;
DULUTH, MN; FT enrollment: 8,224)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR (about 131 miles;
SUPERIOR, WI; FT enrollment: 2,436)
- SAINT CLOUD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 155 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,183)
Public high school in Bigfork:
- BIGFORK SEC. (Students: 149; Location: BOX
228, HUSKIE BLVD.; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Bigfork:
- BIGFORK EL. (Students: 158; Location: HUSKIE
BLVD.; Grades: KG - 06)
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