Dana vs Mills River

A side-by-side comparison of Dana and Mills River: population, income, housing, and more.

Dana and Mills River are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mills River has the higher population (7,214 vs 3,824 in Dana). Mills River has the higher median household income ($88,359 vs $55,801 in Dana). Mills River has the higher median home value ($358,500 vs $223,400 in Dana).

Population, income & housing

	Dana	Mills River
Population	3,824	7,214
Median age	40.4 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,801	$88,359
Median home value	$223,400	$358,500
Median gross rent	$901	$1,611
Housing units	1,602	3,122
Homeownership rate	77.7%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dana	Mills River
Population	3,919 → 3,824 (-2.4%)	7,251 → 7,214 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$45,146 → $55,801 (+23.6%)	$66,667 → $88,359 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $223,400 (+59.0%)	$257,800 → $358,500 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $901 (+16.6%)	$956 → $1,611 (+68.5%)

Dana

Population

3,9193,824

Median household income

$45,146$55,801

Median home value

$140,500$223,400

Median gross rent

$773$901

Mills River

Population

7,2517,214

Median household income

$66,667$88,359

Median home value

$257,800$358,500

Median gross rent

$956$1,611

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dana	Mills River
Under 5	5.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	22.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	3.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	7.0%
35 to 44	21.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	15.8%	14.3%
55 to 64	4.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	14.6%	18.2%
75 and over	6.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dana	Mills River
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	36.1%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dana	Mills River
No high school diploma	23.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	27.5%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dana	Mills River
Drove alone	79.4%	79.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	9.9%
Other means	1.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dana	Mills River
1-unit, detached	61.0%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.2%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Dana	Mills River
Poverty rate	28.5%	2.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1992	1997