Mill Gap's Livability
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About Mill Gap, VA
Mill Gap, VA is located in Highland County in the state of Virginia.
The total City Population for Mill Gap is about 1,382 with about 1 people per square mile.
The Average Home Value is $198,600, which is roughly 11% lower than the Average Home Value of $223,696 for the state of Virginia, and roughly 5% higher than the National Average of $188,692.
The Median Income Per Household is about $48,173, which is roughly 22% lower than the Average Median Income Per Household of $61,928 for the state of Virginia, and roughly 16% lower higher than the National Average of $57,518.
Quick Stats
Demographic Details
Average # of People Per Household: 2.16Male Population Estimate: 50.3%
Female Population Estimate: 49.7%
Median Age: 52.8
Male Median Age: 52.1
Female Median Age: 53.4
Racial Demographic Estimates
Hispanic:1%
Other:0.9%
Indian:0.6%
Black:0.2%
Asian:0.1%
Hawaiian:0%
Voting
![Mark Warner](/assets/images/politicians/senators/mark_warner.jpg)
![Tim Kaine](/assets/images/politicians/senators/tim_kaine.jpg)
![Glenn Youngkin](/assets/images/politicians/governors/glenn_youngkin.jpg)
Voting Results by Party
Democratic: 27.2%
Libertarian: 1.44%
Other: 0.13%
Crime Details
NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Mill Gap specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Highland County: About 0 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 0)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Highland County: About 91.2617 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Highland County is about 100% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 68% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.
Employment
Virginia is ranked #23 out of 52 for Best and Worst States to Work in America, with an overall score of 49.97 out of 100.
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Wage Policies
Overall Wage Policy Score: 32.22The average living wage for the state of Virginia is $33.68/hr, while the states minimum wage is $9.50/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives Virginia a minimum wage score of 33.02 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hr, which gives Virginia a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 0 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Virginia is $197.60, resulting in a UI benefit score of 29.33 compared to all other states.
Worker Protection Policies
Overall Worker Protection Score: 71.43✓ Virginia does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Virginia does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
✓ Virginia does prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Virginia does restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Virginia does provide some form of paid family leave.
X Virginia does provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Virginia does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Virginia does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Virginia does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Virginia does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Virginia does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ Virginia does extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
✓ Virginia does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.
Right To Organize Policies
Overall Right To Organize Score: 70✓ Virginia does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
✓ Virginia does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Virginia does partially require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Virginia does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ Virginia does provide wage negotiations for teachers.
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Additional Location Details
Zip Code(s): 24465Latitude: 38.321800
Longitude: -79.703900
TimeZone: Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving: Yes
Region: South
Average Elevation: 2785.0 ft.
Area Code(s): 540