Overall, Willits’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.53 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Willits does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Willits citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.03% of adults 25 and older in Willits have a college degree.
The per capita income in Willits in 2022 was $30,460, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,840 for a family of four. However, Willits contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Willits is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Willits home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Willits residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Willits also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.87% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Willits include Irish, German, English, Russian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Willits is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
