Mill Spring is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,974 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mill Spring is the 164th largest community in North Carolina. Mill Spring real estate is some of the most expensive in North Carolina, although Mill Spring house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some towns, Mill Spring isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mill Spring are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mill Spring is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Mill Spring who work in office and administrative support (15.38%), sales jobs (13.20%), and healthcare suport services (9.39%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Mill Spring has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Mill Spring a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Mill Spring, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.04 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Mill Spring does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Mill Spring citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.03% of adults in Mill Spring have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Mill Spring in 2022 was $40,170, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,680 for a family of four. However, Mill Spring contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mill Spring is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mill Spring home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mill Spring residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Mill Spring also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.85% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mill Spring include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and French. The most common language spoken in Mill Spring is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
