Mills

Mills is a town in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. It is part of the Casper, Wyoming Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,461 at the 2010 census. The town is located at 42°5049N 106°2243W (42.846815, -106.378658).According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.18 square miles (5.65 km²), of which 2.15 square miles of it is land and 0.03 square mile (0.08 km²) is water. The median income for a family in the town was $26,717, and the median household income was $29,917. About 18.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.0% of those under age 18 and 13.6% ofThose over 65. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was2.75. The gender makeup of the town is 50.5% male and 49.5%. The town has one public school, Mills Elementary, and one public high school. The school district has a combined enrollment of 1,856 students. The high school has a graduation rate of 16.1%. The school's mascot is the "Mountain Goat" and the school colors are blue and white. The district has one high school, the "Wyoming High School", and one middle school.

Geography

Mills is located at 42°5049N 106°2243W (42.846815, -106.378658) It has a total area of 2.18 square miles (5.65 km²), of which 2.15 square miles is land and 0.03 sq miles (0.08 km²) is water. The town has a population of 1,856. It is located in the Pacific Ocean at 42.5049 N 106.2243 W, and has a latitude and longitude of 42.8469 W. It has an area of 5.65 square miles, or 2.57 km², of which 1.15 is land, 0.08 is water, and 1.03 is water under water. Its population is 1,744, and its water level is 1.087. It was founded in 1805. It became a town in 1807. It's located in a valley, and was named after the town of Mills, New Hampshire, which was once part of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. Its name means "Mills" or "Mountain Town" in English. It also means "mountain town" in German and "magnificent mountain" in the German language. In English, it is known as "Millionaire's Town" and "Millennium Town" It was named for the town's founder, William Mills, who was born in 1806.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 3,461 people, 1,513 households, and 894 families residing in the town. There were 1,654 housing units at an average density of 769.3 per square mile (297.0/km²) The racial makeup of the town was 94.0% White, 0.4% African American, 1.5% Native American, 0,2% Asian, 1, 9% from other races, and 2.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.5%. The median income for a household in the city was $26,717, and $33,105 for a family. About 16.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.6% of those over the age of 65. The town has a population of 2,591, with 1,161 households. The average household size was 2.29, and the median age was 38.6 years. For every 100 females there were 102.7 males, and for every 100 Females age 18 and over there were 100.7 Males. The city has a median income of $29,728, with $20,945 for females and $14,103 for males. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the town's population at 2,527, up from 1,591 as of the 2000 census. In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.5%, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 30.4%. and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older.

Education

Public education in the town of Mills is provided by Natrona County School District #1. The town is home to the Mills High School football team. Mills is also the home of the Mills Junior High School marching band and the Mills Senior High School cheerleading squad. Mills has a population of 1,000 people, with the majority of its residents living in or near the town center. It is the site of the town's only high school, Mills High, which was founded in 1903. The school district has a total enrollment of 2,000 students, with 1,100 students in the high school class of 2007. The high school has a mascot, the Millers, and the school colors are blue and white. It also has a high school football team, the Mills Mustangs, which won the state championship in 2007. It was the first high school to win a state title in the state of Oklahoma in over 50 years. It has also won two state championships, the first in 2008 and the second in 2009. The district also has the state's only gold medalist high school team, which also won the district's first-ever state football championship in 2008. It's the only school to have won a state championship since the district was formed in 1973. The county's highest school achievement rating is 3.5 out of a possible 4.5. The highest school graduation rate is 2.7 out of 4.0. The state's lowest school achievement rate is 1.0 out of 5.0, which is the highest in Oklahoma.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Mills, Natrona County, Wyoming = 90.5. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 40. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 20. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Mills = 4.9 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 136,588 individuals with a median age of 38.6 age the population grows by 5.91% in Mills, Natrona County, Wyoming population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 1,343.35 residents per square mile of area (518.64/km²). There are average 2.2 people per household in the 1,245 households with an average household income of $35,367 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 7.50% of the available work force and has dropped -6.16% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 20.18%. The number of physicians in Mills per 100,000 population = 211.1.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Mills = 12.7 inches and the annual snowfall = 51.5 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 75. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 222. 89 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 14.8 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 66, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Mills, Natrona County, Wyoming which are owned by the occupant = 63.73%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 35 years with median home cost = $75,740 and home appreciation of -4.22%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $6.37 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $6,433 per student. There are 15 students for each teacher in the school, 206 students for each Librarian and 226 students for each Counselor. 4.69% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 3.55% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 0.68% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).