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.

Unlike some towns , Millis isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Millis are a mix of both white- and blue-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 very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Millis really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Millis perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

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 education level of Millis citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 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.