Millersville is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Millersville area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Millersville maintain a good economy.
The overall education level of Millersville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.22% of adults in Millersville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Millersville in 2022 was $24,952, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,808 for a family of four. However, Millersville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Millersville is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Millersville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Millersville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Millersville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.01% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Millersville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Millersville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
