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Bigfork: Clubhouse Lake, Chippewa National Forest, near Bigfork, MN
 

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Bigfork, MN map Population (year 2000): 469. Estimated population in July 2006: 451 (-3.8% change)
 

Males: 209  (44.6%)
Females: 260  (55.4%)

Itasca County

Median resident age:  46.7 years
Minnesota median age:  35.4 years

Zip codes: 56628.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $26,000 (it was $24,167 in 2000)
Bigfork  $26,000
Minnesota:  $52,024

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $96,700 (it was $71,800 in 2000)
Bigfork  $96,700
Minnesota:  $198,800

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Races in Bigfork:

  • White Non-Hispanic (97.2%)
  • American Indian (2.1%)
  • Hispanic (1.1%)

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Ancestries: German (31.8%), Norwegian (19.8%), Swedish (16.8%), Irish (7.0%), United States (4.9%), French (4.3%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 1318 feet

Land area: 1.78 square miles.

Population density: 256 people per square mile 
 
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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%

2 residents are foreign born

This city:  0.4%
Minnesota:  5.3%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Bigfork:  0.8% ($540)
Minnesota:  1.1% ($1,297)

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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Duluth, MN (125.0 miles , pop. 86,918).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Minneapolis, MN (194.3 miles , pop. 382,618).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (579.2 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Effie, MN (6.6 miles) , Deer River, MN (30.0 miles ), Zemple, MN (31.0 miles) , Big Falls, MN (32.4 miles ), Squaw Lake, MN (34.2 miles) , Cohasset, MN (34.3 miles ), Coleraine, MN (35.1 miles ), Bovey, MN (35.3 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 0 buildings
  • 1997: 2 buildings, average cost: $90,300
  • 1998: 2 buildings, average cost: $96,000
  • 1999: 0 buildings
  • 2000: 0 buildings
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2002: 1 building, cost: $70,000
  • 2003: 1 building, cost: $60,000
  • 2004: 2 buildings, average cost: $52,500
  • 2005: 2 buildings, average cost: $52,500
  • 2006: 1 building, cost: $154,000

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Latitude: 47.75 N, Longitude: 93.66 W


39 people in nursing homes
13 people in homes for the mentally ill

Area code: 218

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Population change in the 1990s: +77 (+19.6%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Wood products (13%)
  • Health care (13%)
  • Construction (12%)
  • Finance and insurance (11%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (9%)
  • Repair and maintenance (7%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (28%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (13%)
  • Finance and insurance (10%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Accommodation and food services (10%)
  • Social assistance (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (3%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (12%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Top executives (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Carpenters (6%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (13%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
  • Cashiers (6%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)


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Hospital/medical center in Bigfork:
  • NORTHERN ITASCA HOSPITAL DISTRICT (PO BOX 258)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Bigfork:
  • DEER RIVER HEALTHCARE CENTER (about 22 miles; DEER RIVER, MN)
  • ITASCA MEMORIAL CENTER (about 40 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MN)
  • UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER-MESABI (about 59 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 134 miles; SUPERIOR, WI; FT enrollment: 2,436)
  • SAINT CLOUD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 151 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 elementary/middle school in Bigfork:
  • BIGFORK EL. (Students: 158; Location: HUSKIE BLVD.; Grades: KG - 06)

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Hotel: Antler Lake Store & Motel (51761 Scenic Highway).

 
Drinking water stations with addresses in Bigfork that have no violations reported:
  • BIGFORK (Population served: 469, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • OLD SCENIC COMMUNITY CHURCH (Population served: 50, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • WILDERNESS LODGE (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • MAPLE RIDGE RESORT (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • LOST LAKE STATE FOREST CAMPGROUND (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • RIVERSIDE CHAPEL (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • SCENIC PINES STORE (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • OWEN LAKE STATE FOREST CAMPGROUND (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • SWAMPSIDERS SNOWMOBILE CLUB (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This city:  2.0 people
Minnesota:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  52.9%
Whole state:  66.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  7.7%
Whole state:  5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  12.3%
Whole state:  7.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  5.2%
Whole state:  3.2%

Bigfork compared to Minnesota state average:
  • Median household income below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.


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Banks with branches in Bigfork (2007 data):
  • First State Bank of Bigfork: First State Bank Of Bigfork at Main Street, branch established on 1912-08-12. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $43.6 mil, Deposits: $33.7 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 1 total offices, Holding Company: Bigfork Bancshares, Inc.



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Bigfork government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - All Other: $85,000
    Sewerage: $26,000
    Parks & Recreation: $3,000
  • Current Operations - Liquor Stores: $248,000
    Fire Protection: $58,000
    Police Protection: $47,000
    General - Other: $46,000
    Sewerage: $40,000
    Financial Administration: $34,000
    Water Utilities: $28,000
    Regular Highways: $24,000
    Parks & Recreation: $12,000
    Air Transportation: $8,000
    Central Staff Services: $6,000
    Libraries: $4,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $10,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $175,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $164,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $11,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $10,000
    Special Assessments: $7,000
    Interest Earnings: $5,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $55,000
    General - Other: $3,000
    Water Utilities: $1,000
  • Revenue - Liquor Stores: $253,000
    Water Utilities: $38,000
  • State Intergovernmental - General Support: $121,000
    All Other: $24,000
    Water Utilities: $1,000
  • Tax - Property: $64,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $230,000

4.85% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,370 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.85%
Minnesota average:  7.79%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from St. Louis County, MN  0.76% ($34,520 average AGI)
from Hennepin County, MN  0.37% ($42,508)
from Anoka County, MN  0.24% ($44,308)


4.99% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,318 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.99%
Minnesota average:  7.84%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to St. Louis County, MN  0.93% ($29,425 average AGI)
to Hennepin County, MN  0.43% ($34,486)
to Ramsey County, MN  0.21% ($37,294)


Strongest AM radio stations in Bigfork:
  • WNMT (650 AM; 10 kW; NASHWAUK, MN; Owner: MIDWEST RADIO NETWORK, L.L.C.)
  • WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
  • KPRM (870 AM; 25 kW; PARK RAPIDS, MN; Owner: DE LA HUNT BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • KOZY (1320 AM; 5 kW; GRAND RAPIDS, MN; Owner: ITASCA BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
  • WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
  • KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
  • WWNL (1080 AM; 50 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: STEEL CITY RADIO, INC.)
  • WDSM (710 AM; 10 kW; SUPERIOR, WI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WWJC (850 AM; daytime; 10 kW; DULUTH, MN; Owner: WWJC, INC.)
  • KTIS (900 AM; 25 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
  • WBHR (660 AM; 10 kW; SAUK RAPIDS, MN; Owner: HERBERT M. HOPPE)

Strongest FM radio stations in Bigfork:
  • KBAJ (105.5 FM; DEER RIVER, MN; Owner: RED ROCK RADIO CORP.)

TV broadcast stations around Bigfork:
  • K61BH (Channel 61; DEER RIVER, MN; Owner: KBJR LICENSE, INC.)
  • K59BQ (Channel 59; DEER RIVER, MN; Owner: CHELSEY BROADCASTING COMPANY OF DULUTH, LLC)
  • K07DQ (Channel 7; MARCELL, ETC., MN; Owner: EZ-TV, INC.)
  • K67CA (Channel 67; BIGFORK, ETC., MN; Owner: EZ-TV, INC.)
  • K69CR (Channel 69; BIGFORK, ETC., MN; Owner: EZ-TV, INC.)

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