Fairplains vs Millers Creek

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

Fairplains 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.

Fairplains has the higher population (1,876 vs 1,469 in Millers Creek). Millers Creek has the higher median household income ($59,239 vs $36,586 in Fairplains). Millers Creek has the higher median home value ($191,700 vs $134,300 in Fairplains).

Population, income & housing

	Fairplains	Millers Creek
Population	1,876	1,469
Median age	49.0 yrs	59.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,586	$59,239
Median home value	$134,300	$191,700
Median gross rent	$631	$822
Housing units	897	847
Homeownership rate	69.8%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairplains	Millers Creek
Population	2,065 → 1,876 (-9.2%)	1,408 → 1,469 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$39,695 → $36,586 (-7.8%)	$31,763 → $59,239 (+86.5%)
Median home value	$98,700 → $134,300 (+36.1%)	$116,400 → $191,700 (+64.7%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $631 (-4.0%)	$657 → $822 (+25.1%)

Fairplains

Population

2,0651,876

Median household income

$39,695$36,586

Median home value

$98,700$134,300

Median gross rent

$657$631

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)

	Fairplains	Millers Creek
Under 5	6.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	6.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	2.4%
25 to 34	6.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	8.9%	9.7%
45 to 54	14.9%	8.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	16.2%
65 to 74	18.4%	23.1%
75 and over	6.9%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairplains	Millers Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	95.3%
Black or African American	6.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairplains	Millers Creek
No high school diploma	29.0%	21.9%
High school graduate	29.1%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairplains	Millers Creek
Drove alone	92.3%	79.5%
Carpooled	4.9%	10.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairplains	Millers Creek
1-unit, detached	57.9%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairplains	Millers Creek
Poverty rate	32.4%	7.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1972	1977