Alto Pass vs Mill Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Alto Pass and Mill Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Alto Pass and Mill Creek are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alto Pass has the higher population (380 vs 32 in Mill Creek). Mill Creek has the higher median household income ($107,500 vs $59,583 in Alto Pass). Since 2019, Alto Pass's population has grown faster (+25.8% vs -3.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Alto Pass	Mill Creek
Population	380	32
Median age	45.2 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,583	$107,500
Median home value	$106,800	—
Median gross rent	$756	—
Housing units	191	12
Homeownership rate	88.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	33.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alto Pass	Mill Creek
Population	302 → 380 (+25.8%)	33 → 32 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$50,179 → $59,583 (+18.7%)	—
Median home value	$82,900 → $106,800 (+28.8%)	$35,400 → $38,800 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $756 (+18.5%)	—

Alto Pass

Population

302380

Median household income

$50,179$59,583

Median home value

$82,900$106,800

Median gross rent

$638$756

Mill Creek

Population

3332

Median home value

$35,400$38,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alto Pass	Mill Creek
Under 5	3.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.2%	6.3%
18 to 24	4.2%	15.6%
25 to 34	19.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	15.6%
45 to 54	16.3%	18.8%
55 to 64	16.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	3.1%
75 and over	5.8%	25.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alto Pass	Mill Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alto Pass	Mill Creek
No high school diploma	8.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.8%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alto Pass	Mill Creek
Drove alone	90.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alto Pass	Mill Creek
1-unit, detached	80.1%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Alto Pass	Mill Creek
Poverty rate	5.6%	15.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1971	1973