Millers Creek is home to 1,689 people in North Carolina. At a median age of 49.2, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. 99% were living in the same home a year earlier. Renters pay $695 a month at the median. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $227,200.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $63,125, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 49.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
13% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 51%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Millers Creek
What changed most since 1990
Median age31.6 → 49.2(+17.6 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Poverty rate8.4% → 18.9%(+10.5 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Population1,956 → 1,689(−14%)US over the same years: +35%
Millers Creek's population equals 2.6% of Wilkes County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 5.2% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 1.5% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era81.3%(39)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 48 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Millers Creek, decade by decade
Millers Creek population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
1,956
$61,101
$143,284
5.1%
3.5
2000
2,071
$72,582
$150,469
12.0%
13.1
2010
2,112
$31,784
$187,302
7.4%
16.3
2020
1,931
$43,084
$163,140
5.9%
26.5
2024
1,689
$63,125
$227,200
13.1%
10.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
