Bigfork vs Bovey

A side-by-side comparison of Bigfork and Bovey: population, income, housing, and more.

Bigfork and Bovey are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bovey has the higher population (690 vs 430 in Bigfork). Bovey has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $40,875 in Bigfork). Bigfork has the higher median home value ($147,900 vs $103,400 in Bovey).

Population, income & housing

	Bigfork	Bovey
Population	430	690
Median age	56.1 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,875	$67,500
Median home value	$147,900	$103,400
Median gross rent	$1,157	$850
Housing units	178	313
Homeownership rate	58.0%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bigfork	Bovey
Population	405 → 430 (+6.2%)	755 → 690 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$27,019 → $40,875 (+51.3%)	$43,864 → $67,500 (+53.9%)
Median home value	$102,300 → $147,900 (+44.6%)	$87,800 → $103,400 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$906 → $1,157 (+27.7%)	$807 → $850 (+5.3%)

Bigfork

Population

405430

Median household income

$27,019$40,875

Median home value

$102,300$147,900

Median gross rent

$906$1,157

Bovey

Population

755690

Median household income

$43,864$67,500

Median home value

$87,800$103,400

Median gross rent

$807$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bigfork	Bovey
Under 5	7.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	1.2%	11.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	23.8%
35 to 44	4.0%	7.2%
45 to 54	5.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	3.8%
75 and over	24.4%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bigfork	Bovey
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	2.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	11.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bigfork	Bovey
No high school diploma	8.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	35.7%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	44.6%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bigfork	Bovey
Drove alone	71.2%	76.4%
Carpooled	17.8%	13.3%
Public transit	3.4%	4.1%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	5.2%
Other means	1.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bigfork	Bovey
1-unit, detached	49.4%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	8.9%
20 or more units	18.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Bigfork	Bovey
Poverty rate	26.7%	13.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1988	1950