Biggs vs Butte Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Biggs and Butte Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Biggs and Butte Valley are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Biggs has the higher population (2,254 vs 870 in Butte Valley). Butte Valley has the higher median household income ($94,531 vs $73,542 in Biggs). Butte Valley has the higher median home value ($492,400 vs $301,800 in Biggs).

Population, income & housing

	Biggs	Butte Valley
Population	2,254	870
Median age	27.3 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,542	$94,531
Median home value	$301,800	$492,400
Median gross rent	$1,475	—
Housing units	769	494
Homeownership rate	69.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biggs	Butte Valley
Population	2,175 → 2,254 (+3.6%)	736 → 870 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$54,188 → $73,542 (+35.7%)	$80,984 → $94,531 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$211,400 → $301,800 (+42.8%)	$511,400 → $492,400 (-3.7%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,475 (+48.7%)	—

Biggs

Population

2,1752,254

Median household income

$54,188$73,542

Median home value

$211,400$301,800

Median gross rent

$992$1,475

Butte Valley

Population

736870

Median household income

$80,984$94,531

Median home value

$511,400$492,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biggs	Butte Valley
Under 5	4.7%	7.9%
5 to 17	24.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	17.9%	2.2%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	4.1%
45 to 54	8.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	7.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	4.8%	26.6%
75 and over	7.5%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biggs	Butte Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	75.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	23.6%
Hispanic or Latino	27.5%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biggs	Butte Valley
No high school diploma	12.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	43.0%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biggs	Butte Valley
Drove alone	83.4%	52.6%
Carpooled	8.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	47.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biggs	Butte Valley
1-unit, detached	83.0%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	19.2%

Poverty & households

	Biggs	Butte Valley
Poverty rate	9.5%	12.4%
Average household size	3.25	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1975	1987