Wiggins is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 4,266 people and three associated neighborhoods, Wiggins is the 77th largest community in Mississippi.Wiggins is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Wiggins is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wiggins who work in sales jobs (14.79%), teaching (10.69%), and office and administrative support (9.26%). Being a small city, Wiggins does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The rate of college-level education in Wiggins is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.85% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Wiggins in 2022 was $21,208, which is lower middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $84,832 for a family of four. However, Wiggins contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wiggins is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wiggins home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wiggins residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wiggins include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, German, and French. The most common language spoken in Wiggins is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Other Indo-European.
