 There were 458 businesses in the municipality of which 92 were involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 249 were involved in the third.there were 1,676 residents who worked in the municipality, while 2,270 residents worked outside Mels and 1,457 people commuted into the municipality for work.From the , 6,089 or 77.7% are Roman Catholic, while 625 or 8.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.