Mill Valley, CA

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Mill Valley is a town with a rich and eclectic cultural history and a lively and engaged citizenry.

The City of Mill Valley is 14 miles north of San Francisco and 40 miles from California’s famous wine country. Mill Valley is a town with a rich and eclectic cultural history and a lively and engaged citizenry. Mill Valley is primarily a suburban community, with distinctive residential neighborhoods representing the many eras of the town’s growth from a small mill town to the modern full service city it is today. The 2010 Census documents a total of 6,534 housing units in Mill Valley, the majority of which are single-family dwellings with about 24% comprised of apartments and condominiums. Our population’s approximately 14,000 residents live in a 4.8 square mile area, although we serve as the center for a larger unincorporated Mill Valley area with a population of more than 30,000 residents.