Millers Creek vs Wilkesboro

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

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

Wilkesboro has the higher population (3,664 vs 1,469 in Millers Creek). Millers Creek has the higher median household income ($59,239 vs $41,175 in Wilkesboro). Wilkesboro has the higher median home value ($197,600 vs $191,700 in Millers Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Millers Creek	Wilkesboro
Population	1,469	3,664
Median age	59.9 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,239	$41,175
Median home value	$191,700	$197,600
Median gross rent	$822	$713
Housing units	847	1,828
Homeownership rate	90.4%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millers Creek	Wilkesboro
Population	1,408 → 1,469 (+4.3%)	3,495 → 3,664 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$31,763 → $59,239 (+86.5%)	$38,136 → $41,175 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$116,400 → $191,700 (+64.7%)	$176,900 → $197,600 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $822 (+25.1%)	$622 → $713 (+14.6%)

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

Wilkesboro

Population

3,4953,664

Median household income

$38,136$41,175

Median home value

$176,900$197,600

Median gross rent

$622$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Millers Creek	Wilkesboro
Under 5	3.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	6.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	2.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	7.0%
45 to 54	8.8%	9.1%
55 to 64	16.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	23.1%	9.9%
75 and over	18.5%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millers Creek	Wilkesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Millers Creek	Wilkesboro
No high school diploma	21.9%	6.9%
High school graduate	40.9%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millers Creek	Wilkesboro
Drove alone	79.5%	81.9%
Carpooled	10.3%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Millers Creek	Wilkesboro
1-unit, detached	82.5%	53.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Millers Creek	Wilkesboro
Poverty rate	7.0%	18.7%
Average household size	2.05	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1977	1981