Millcreek vs Salt Lake City

A side-by-side comparison of Millcreek and Salt Lake City: population, income, housing, and more.

Millcreek and Salt Lake City are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Salt Lake City has the higher population (203,888 vs 63,342 in Millcreek). Millcreek has the higher median household income ($98,502 vs $74,925 in Salt Lake City). Millcreek has the higher median home value ($579,300 vs $495,700 in Salt Lake City).

Population, income & housing

	Millcreek	Salt Lake City
Population	63,342	203,888
Median age	37.0 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$98,502	$74,925
Median home value	$579,300	$495,700
Median gross rent	$1,444	$1,343
Housing units	27,546	97,318
Homeownership rate	63.4%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.9%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millcreek	Salt Lake City
Population	60,731 → 63,342 (+4.3%)	197,756 → 203,888 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$72,134 → $98,502 (+36.6%)	$60,676 → $74,925 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$366,100 → $579,300 (+58.2%)	$314,500 → $495,700 (+57.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,444 (+28.9%)	$985 → $1,343 (+36.3%)

Millcreek

Population

60,73163,342

Median household income

$72,134$98,502

Median home value

$366,100$579,300

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,444

Salt Lake City

Population

197,756203,888

Median household income

$60,676$74,925

Median home value

$314,500$495,700

Median gross rent

$985$1,343

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Millcreek	Salt Lake City
Under 5	5.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	12.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	15.2%
25 to 34	17.4%	21.0%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	9.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.5%
75 and over	7.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millcreek	Salt Lake City
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	64.7%
Black or African American	2.7%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.6%
Asian	3.6%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	1.4%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	20.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Millcreek	Salt Lake City
No high school diploma	4.0%	8.4%
High school graduate	14.5%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millcreek	Salt Lake City
Drove alone	65.9%	60.2%
Carpooled	7.1%	8.1%
Public transit	2.9%	5.2%
Walked	1.2%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	1.6%
Worked from home	21.2%	18.5%
Other means	0.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Millcreek	Salt Lake City
1-unit, detached	55.4%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	10.8%
20 or more units	13.2%	28.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Millcreek	Salt Lake City
Poverty rate	8.2%	13.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1972	1963