It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Millen 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. Millen has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Millen than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Millen may be for you.
One of the benefits of Millen is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.72 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
As is often the case in a small city, Millen doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Millen have a very low rate of college education: just 8.93% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Millen in 2022 was $17,338, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $69,352 for a family of four. However, Millen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Millen also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.98% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Millen is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Millen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Millen residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Millen include English, German, Scots-Irish, Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Millen is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
