About Millis

Millis is a somewhat small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 7,902 people and just one neighborhood, Millis is the 202nd largest community in Massachusetts.

Millis is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Millis is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Millis who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.45%), management occupations (12.83%), and sales jobs (11.97%).

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

In addition, Millis is home to many people who could 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.

Because of many things, Millis is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Millis a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Millis has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Millis's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Millis, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.58 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Millis Information and Demographics

The population of Millis is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.51% of adults in Millis have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Millis in 2000 was $27,957, which is upper middle income relative to Massachusetts, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,828 for a family of four. However, Millis contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Millis home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Millis is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Millis include Irish, Italian, English, German, French, French Canadian, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Millis is English.