The City of Mill Valley is 10 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. 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 more than 30,000 residents.The City of Mill Valley has a staff of almost 150 full-time employees.