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 where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Willis is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce 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. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Willis has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Willis has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Willis than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Willis may be for you. One downside of living in Willis is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Willis, the average commute to work is 32.51 minutes, which is quite a bit 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.
