Willis is a somewhat small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 5,366 people and two associated neighborhoods, Willis is the 119th largest community in Virginia.Unlike some towns, Willis isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Willis are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Willis is a town of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Willis who work in healthcare (11.96%), business and financial occupations (7.19%), and office and administrative support (7.18%). Willis’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. 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, Willis has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Willis a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Willis, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.51 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small town, Willis does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Willis who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.45% of the adults in Willis have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Willis in 2022 was $41,138, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $164,552 for a family of four. However, Willis contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Willis home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Willis residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Willis include German, English, Scots-Irish, Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Willis is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
