Bigfork vs Taconite

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

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

Taconite has the higher population (541 vs 430 in Bigfork). Taconite has the higher median household income ($100,089 vs $40,875 in Bigfork). Taconite has the higher median home value ($217,900 vs $147,900 in Bigfork).

Population, income & housing

	Bigfork	Taconite
Population	430	541
Median age	56.1 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,875	$100,089
Median home value	$147,900	$217,900
Median gross rent	$1,157	$2,646
Housing units	178	268
Homeownership rate	58.0%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bigfork	Taconite
Population	405 → 430 (+6.2%)	770 → 541 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$27,019 → $40,875 (+51.3%)	$57,292 → $100,089 (+74.7%)
Median home value	$102,300 → $147,900 (+44.6%)	$98,600 → $217,900 (+121.0%)
Median gross rent	$906 → $1,157 (+27.7%)	$702 → $2,646 (+276.9%)

Bigfork

Population

405430

Median household income

$27,019$40,875

Median home value

$102,300$147,900

Median gross rent

$906$1,157

Taconite

Population

770541

Median household income

$57,292$100,089

Median home value

$98,600$217,900

Median gross rent

$702$2,646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bigfork	Taconite
Under 5	7.9%	1.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	21.8%
18 to 24	1.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	15.6%	7.0%
35 to 44	4.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	5.1%	15.5%
55 to 64	15.6%	18.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.1%
75 and over	24.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bigfork	Taconite
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	1.3%
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%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bigfork	Taconite
No high school diploma	8.6%	6.9%
High school graduate	35.7%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	44.6%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bigfork	Taconite
Drove alone	71.2%	85.1%
Carpooled	17.8%	4.8%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	4.4%
Other means	1.7%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bigfork	Taconite
1-unit, detached	49.4%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	1.1%
20 or more units	18.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Bigfork	Taconite
Poverty rate	26.7%	3.5%
Average household size	2.36	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1988	1982