Cricket vs Millers Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Cricket and Millers Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cricket has the higher population (2,512 vs 1,469 in Millers Creek). Millers Creek has the higher median household income ($59,239 vs $40,405 in Cricket). Millers Creek has the higher median home value ($191,700 vs $153,600 in Cricket).

Population, income & housing

	Cricket	Millers Creek
Population	2,512	1,469
Median age	27.7 yrs	59.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,405	$59,239
Median home value	$153,600	$191,700
Median gross rent	$829	$822
Housing units	920	847
Homeownership rate	45.4%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cricket	Millers Creek
Population	1,949 → 2,512 (+28.9%)	1,408 → 1,469 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$44,402 → $40,405 (-9.0%)	$31,763 → $59,239 (+86.5%)
Median home value	$99,600 → $153,600 (+54.2%)	$116,400 → $191,700 (+64.7%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $829 (+10.2%)	$657 → $822 (+25.1%)

Cricket

Population

1,9492,512

Median household income

$44,402$40,405

Median home value

$99,600$153,600

Median gross rent

$752$829

Millers Creek

Population

1,4081,469

Median household income

$31,763$59,239

Median home value

$116,400$191,700

Median gross rent

$657$822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cricket	Millers Creek
Under 5	6.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	22.2%	6.7%
18 to 24	16.0%	2.4%
25 to 34	18.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	7.1%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.6%	8.8%
55 to 64	6.4%	16.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	23.1%
75 and over	6.0%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cricket	Millers Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	95.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	32.2%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cricket	Millers Creek
No high school diploma	18.2%	21.9%
High school graduate	56.3%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cricket	Millers Creek
Drove alone	66.2%	79.5%
Carpooled	31.9%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cricket	Millers Creek
1-unit, detached	68.3%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Cricket	Millers Creek
Poverty rate	26.6%	7.0%
Average household size	3.01	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1971	1977