Photo: Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Biggs (11.1%) is higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 4% of workers, next to 17% for California as a whole. For jobs and income Biggs is better than 35% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (D). Only 3% stay in Biggs for work; outside it, Chico is the main destination (12%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Biggs: the figures worth knowing
Biggs’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Biggs is Chico, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (66) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Biggs workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 540 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Biggs’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Biggs’ grade up (7.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Biggs could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Near or far: the trip to work from Biggs
About 33% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 24 minutes to work from Biggs
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Biggs workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 888 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Biggs by day and by night
On a workday 526 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 201 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Biggs on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.40 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Biggs goes to work
Where Biggs clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Goods jobs make up 48% of work in Biggs
215 jobs are based in Biggs.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Biggs, 2013 → 2023: 275 → 215. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Biggs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Biggs is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 926 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.2% of Biggs households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Biggs’ commuters take a bus or train.
Biggs places 3,241st of 5,921 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Irwindale CA | 1,439 | $114K | 4.3% | 6.5% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,239 | Gerry NY | 1,718 | $69K | 9.0% | 1.2% | 6% | C+ |
| 3,240 | Molino FL | 1,447 | $75K | 8.2% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 3,241 | Biggs CA | 1,927 | $85K | 7.4% | 11.1% | 3% | C+ |
| 3,242 | Beverly Hills TX | 1,835 | $47K | 13.5% | 1.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 3,243 | Ironwood Township MI | 2,205 | $69K | 12.2% | 2.8% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Biggs, the top three, the last and three more from California.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Biggs: questions
What is the median household income in Biggs?
$84,914 (±$23,410) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Biggs?
7.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Biggs?
24 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Biggs work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chico (12%, 25 mi), Oroville (9%, 10 mi), Gridley (7%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Biggs walkable?
Biggs is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Biggs without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Biggs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Biggs
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.