Wiggins is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 4,350 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 (14.45%), healthcare (12.37%), and teaching (11.25%). Being a small city, Wiggins does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Wiggins who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.14% of the adults in Wiggins have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Wiggins in 2022 was $23,643, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $94,572 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, German, Scots-Irish, and French. The most common language spoken in Wiggins is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
