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.When you are in Willis, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.83% of Willis’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Willis is a town of professionals, managers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Willis who work in healthcare (9.80%), management occupations (9.52%), and business and financial occupations (7.16%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.26% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The overall crime rate in Willis is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. 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 34.64 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%: 18.76% of the adults in Willis have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Willis in 2022 was $33,319, which is middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $133,276 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 English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Willis is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
