Hays vs Millers Creek

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

Hays 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.

Millers Creek has the higher population (1,469 vs 1,355 in Hays). Millers Creek has the higher median household income ($59,239 vs $54,063 in Hays). Millers Creek has the higher median home value ($191,700 vs $158,900 in Hays).

Population, income & housing

	Hays	Millers Creek
Population	1,355	1,469
Median age	41.7 yrs	59.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$59,239
Median home value	$158,900	$191,700
Median gross rent	—	$822
Housing units	745	847
Homeownership rate	91.2%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hays	Millers Creek
Population	1,277 → 1,355 (+6.1%)	1,408 → 1,469 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$27,031 → $54,063 (+100.0%)	$31,763 → $59,239 (+86.5%)
Median home value	$97,400 → $158,900 (+63.1%)	$116,400 → $191,700 (+64.7%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $744 (+20.4%)	$657 → $822 (+25.1%)

Hays

Population

1,2771,355

Median household income

$27,031$54,063

Median home value

$97,400$158,900

Median gross rent

$618$744

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)

	Hays	Millers Creek
Under 5	12.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	5.7%	6.7%
18 to 24	16.6%	2.4%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	6.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	8.8%
55 to 64	21.5%	16.2%
65 to 74	7.3%	23.1%
75 and over	7.7%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hays	Millers Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	95.3%
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%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hays	Millers Creek
No high school diploma	10.4%	21.9%
High school graduate	34.8%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hays	Millers Creek
Drove alone	87.3%	79.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hays	Millers Creek
1-unit, detached	73.4%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Hays	Millers Creek
Poverty rate	4.4%	7.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1991	1977