Bigfork vs Calumet

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

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

Bigfork has the higher population (430 vs 219 in Calumet). Bigfork has the higher median household income ($40,875 vs $40,833 in Calumet). Bigfork has the higher median home value ($147,900 vs $102,600 in Calumet).

Population, income & housing

	Bigfork	Calumet
Population	430	219
Median age	56.1 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,875	$40,833
Median home value	$147,900	$102,600
Median gross rent	$1,157	$645
Housing units	178	150
Homeownership rate	58.0%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bigfork	Calumet
Population	405 → 430 (+6.2%)	413 → 219 (-47.0%)
Median household income	$27,019 → $40,875 (+51.3%)	$38,281 → $40,833 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$102,300 → $147,900 (+44.6%)	$66,600 → $102,600 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$906 → $1,157 (+27.7%)	$692 → $645 (-6.8%)

Bigfork

Population

405430

Median household income

$27,019$40,875

Median home value

$102,300$147,900

Median gross rent

$906$1,157

Calumet

Population

413219

Median household income

$38,281$40,833

Median home value

$66,600$102,600

Median gross rent

$692$645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bigfork	Calumet
Under 5	7.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	15.3%	11.9%
18 to 24	1.2%	4.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	16.9%
35 to 44	4.0%	3.2%
45 to 54	5.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	32.9%
75 and over	24.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bigfork	Calumet
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	9.6%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bigfork	Calumet
No high school diploma	8.6%	10.6%
High school graduate	35.7%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	44.6%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bigfork	Calumet
Drove alone	71.2%	88.5%
Carpooled	17.8%	1.0%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	10.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bigfork	Calumet
1-unit, detached	49.4%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	12.0%
20 or more units	18.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Bigfork	Calumet
Poverty rate	26.7%	20.1%
Average household size	2.36	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1988	1954