Millcreek vs Sandy

A side-by-side comparison of Millcreek and Sandy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sandy has the higher population (94,723 vs 63,342 in Millcreek). Sandy has the higher median household income ($111,242 vs $98,502 in Millcreek). Millcreek has the higher median home value ($579,300 vs $562,500 in Sandy).

Population, income & housing

	Millcreek	Sandy
Population	63,342	94,723
Median age	37.0 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$98,502	$111,242
Median home value	$579,300	$562,500
Median gross rent	$1,444	$1,728
Housing units	27,546	34,329
Homeownership rate	63.4%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.9%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millcreek	Sandy
Population	60,731 → 63,342 (+4.3%)	96,127 → 94,723 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$72,134 → $98,502 (+36.6%)	$94,018 → $111,242 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$366,100 → $579,300 (+58.2%)	$356,500 → $562,500 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,444 (+28.9%)	$1,305 → $1,728 (+32.4%)

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

Sandy

Population

96,12794,723

Median household income

$94,018$111,242

Median home value

$356,500$562,500

Median gross rent

$1,305$1,728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Millcreek	Sandy
Under 5	5.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	19.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	17.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.5%
75 and over	7.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millcreek	Sandy
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	78.6%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	3.6%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.6%
Some other race	0.8%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Millcreek	Sandy
No high school diploma	4.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	14.5%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millcreek	Sandy
Drove alone	65.9%	68.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.9%
Public transit	2.9%	1.4%
Walked	1.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.2%	20.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Millcreek	Sandy
1-unit, detached	55.4%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	4.4%
20 or more units	13.2%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Millcreek	Sandy
Poverty rate	8.2%	5.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1972	1984