Mill Creek vs Petersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Mill Creek and Petersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Mill Creek and Petersburg are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Petersburg has the higher population (343 vs 290 in Mill Creek). Petersburg has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $45,000 in Mill Creek). Mill Creek has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $104,900 in Petersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Mill Creek	Petersburg
Population	290	343
Median age	35.0 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,000	$71,250
Median home value	$112,500	$104,900
Median gross rent	$817	$855
Housing units	114	150
Homeownership rate	73.1%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.6%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mill Creek	Petersburg
Population	312 → 290 (-7.1%)	479 → 343 (-28.4%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $45,000 (+22.7%)	$41,618 → $71,250 (+71.2%)
Median home value	$85,700 → $112,500 (+31.3%)	$83,200 → $104,900 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $817 (+29.7%)	$873 → $855 (-2.1%)

Mill Creek

Population

312290

Median household income

$36,667$45,000

Median home value

$85,700$112,500

Median gross rent

$630$817

Petersburg

Population

479343

Median household income

$41,618$71,250

Median home value

$83,200$104,900

Median gross rent

$873$855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mill Creek	Petersburg
Under 5	2.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	21.4%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	17.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	14.9%
45 to 54	9.0%	15.7%
55 to 64	15.2%	5.2%
65 to 74	4.5%	8.2%
75 and over	11.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mill Creek	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	99.1%
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%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mill Creek	Petersburg
No high school diploma	12.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	64.6%	60.4%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.5%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mill Creek	Petersburg
Drove alone	90.0%	82.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mill Creek	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	78.1%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Mill Creek	Petersburg
Poverty rate	7.6%	6.1%
Average household size	2.79	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1955	1938