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. 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. 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.
