Mill Valley is a somewhat small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 13,560 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Mill Valley is the 368th largest community in California.

Mill Valley is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 94.27% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Mill Valley is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mill Valley who work in management occupations (19.74%), sales jobs (14.40%), and office and administrative support jobs (8.42%).

Of important note, Mill Valley is also a city of artists. Mill Valley has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Mill Valley's character.

Also of interest is that Mill Valley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 15.43% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Mill Valley, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Mill Valley is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

One of the nice things about Mill Valley is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

One downside of living in Mill Valley is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Mill Valley, the average commute to work is 31.89 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small city, Mill Valley does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Mill Valley Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Mill Valley is a pretty powerful place. 70.98% of the adults in Mill Valley have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Mill Valley in 2000 was $64,179, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $256,716 for a family of four. However, Mill Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Mill Valley home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mill Valley is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Mill Valley include English, Irish, German, Italian, Russian, Scottish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Mill Valley is English. Some people also speak Spanish.