Bigfork vs Evergreen

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

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

Evergreen has the higher population (8,908 vs 5,249 in Bigfork). Bigfork has the higher median household income ($82,648 vs $73,015 in Evergreen). Bigfork has the higher median home value ($614,300 vs $271,700 in Evergreen).

Population, income & housing

	Bigfork	Evergreen
Population	5,249	8,908
Median age	53.7 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,648	$73,015
Median home value	$614,300	$271,700
Median gross rent	$1,103	$1,140
Housing units	3,207	3,235
Homeownership rate	78.6%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bigfork	Evergreen
Population	4,668 → 5,249 (+12.4%)	8,002 → 8,908 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$60,076 → $82,648 (+37.6%)	$50,488 → $73,015 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$365,300 → $614,300 (+68.2%)	$192,400 → $271,700 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $1,103 (+24.8%)	$984 → $1,140 (+15.9%)

Bigfork

Population

4,6685,249

Median household income

$60,076$82,648

Median home value

$365,300$614,300

Median gross rent

$884$1,103

Evergreen

Population

8,0028,908

Median household income

$50,488$73,015

Median home value

$192,400$271,700

Median gross rent

$984$1,140

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bigfork	Evergreen
Under 5	2.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	7.9%	16.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	17.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	16.4%	8.8%
75 and over	14.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bigfork	Evergreen
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bigfork	Evergreen
No high school diploma	2.4%	9.6%
High school graduate	15.1%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bigfork	Evergreen
Drove alone	69.3%	78.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	11.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	5.6%
Other means	1.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bigfork	Evergreen
1-unit, detached	71.5%	54.7%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	4.1%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	38.3%

Poverty & households

	Bigfork	Evergreen
Poverty rate	6.2%	11.9%
Average household size	2.27	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1994	1979