Bigfork, Minnesota.
Typical home $239,078 (-1.5% in a year). Grand Rapids, MN metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$646 (+106%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $3,558 -1%
- $242,636$239,078 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $33,274 +16%
- $205,803$239,078 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Bigfork$1,255
- Minnesota$1,831
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 23 years.
Typical home values in Bigfork, MN fell 1.5% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Bigfork, Itasca County, Minnesota
Bigfork is a city of 400 people in Itasca County. Unemployment in Itasca County was 6.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.0% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Itasca County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Bigfork is a very small city in Itasca County, in northern Minnesota, where neighbors tend to know one another. Winters are long and cold, with deep snow through the season, and summers are pleasantly warm. Fewer adults here hold a four-year degree than is typical across the country.
Work. Most residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in shops, manufacturing and the building trades. Across Itasca County, some of the largest workplaces are Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital, the Grand Rapids Public School District and UPM - Blandin Paper. Unemployment across the county is a little higher than a year ago, and there are slightly fewer jobs than there were.
Things to do. The Rice River runs in or beside town, a natural spot for a walk along the water. A short drive away are Scenic State Park, a protected area, and lakes such as Big Dick Lake and Sandwick Lake. Anglers and paddlers can also look farther afield, to Buckman Lake or the Turtle River, which are a longer drive away.
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- 147households
- 11%of adults have a degree
What people in Itasca County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Itasca County had 16,444 jobs in 2025, 1.0% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 16° and lows near -5°; warmest in July, with highs near 77° and lows near 56°. About 64 inches of snow and 31 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Marcell 5NE weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Itasca County
- Grand Itasca Clinic and HospitalGeneral hospital566FTE
- Grand Rapids Public School DistrictSchool district513FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters317
- UPM - Blandin PaperGroundwood paper, coated, made in paper mills216
- TargetDiscount department stores215
- Itasca CountyCounty supervisors' and executives' offices204
- Progressive CareAssisted living199
- Department of Natural ResourcesConservation and reclamation agencies178
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 66 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 6,941 people in all across the county; Bigfork has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Bigfork’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Itasca County and the Grand Rapids, MN metro.
Bigfork home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bigfork$239,078
- Minnesota$348,778
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Bigfork listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Bigfork29.60%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Bigfork25
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Bigfork address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bigfork — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.