Mill Spring is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,957 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mill Spring is the 164th largest community in North Carolina. Mill Spring real estate is some of the most expensive in North Carolina, although Mill Spring house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mill Spring is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mill Spring is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Mill Spring who work in office and administrative support (16.35%), sales jobs (13.48%), and food service (7.66%). 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, Mill Spring has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Mill Spring a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Mill Spring, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.66 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Mill Spring is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Mill Spring citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.46% of adults 25 and older in Mill Spring have a college degree. The per capita income in Mill Spring in 2022 was $33,411, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,644 for a family of four. However, Mill Spring contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mill Spring is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mill Spring home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mill Spring residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mill Spring include Irish, English, German, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Mill Spring is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
