Glen Mills is a somewhat small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 13,909 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Glen Mills is the 88th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Glen Mills is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 87.86% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Glen Mills is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Glen Mills who work in management occupations (14.24%), sales jobs (12.60%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.38%).

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

In addition, Glen Mills is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Glen Mills 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, Glen Mills really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Glen Mills 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.

Glen Mills is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Glen Mills Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Glen Mills is a pretty powerful place. 46.36% of the adults in Glen Mills 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 Glen Mills in 2000 was $33,263, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $133,052 for a family of four. However, Glen Mills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Glen Mills is English.