Willits is a very small city located in the state of California. With a population of 4,843 people and three associated neighborhoods, Willits is the 524th largest community in California.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.82% 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.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.87 minutes getting to work every day.

Willits is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

In terms of college education, Willits is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.38% of adults 25 and older in Willits have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Willits in 2022 was $33,006, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,024 for a family of four. However, Willits contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Willits is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Willits home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Willits residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Willits also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.85% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Willits include German, Irish, English, French, and European.

The most common language spoken in Willits is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.