Mill Creek vs Monroe

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

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

Mill Creek has the higher population (20,846 vs 19,696 in Monroe). Mill Creek has the higher median household income ($121,578 vs $107,556 in Monroe). Mill Creek has the higher median home value ($836,300 vs $594,300 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Mill Creek	Monroe
Population	20,846	19,696
Median age	38.8 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$121,578	$107,556
Median home value	$836,300	$594,300
Median gross rent	$2,197	$1,902
Housing units	9,151	6,241
Homeownership rate	59.8%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mill Creek	Monroe
Population	20,553 → 20,846 (+1.4%)	18,865 → 19,696 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$103,750 → $121,578 (+17.2%)	$85,896 → $107,556 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$536,800 → $836,300 (+55.8%)	$357,000 → $594,300 (+66.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,812 → $2,197 (+21.2%)	$1,391 → $1,902 (+36.7%)

Mill Creek

Population

20,55320,846

Median household income

$103,750$121,578

Median home value

$536,800$836,300

Median gross rent

$1,812$2,197

Monroe

Population

18,86519,696

Median household income

$85,896$107,556

Median home value

$357,000$594,300

Median gross rent

$1,391$1,902

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mill Creek	Monroe
Under 5	6.3%	8.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.1%	20.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	6.0%
75 and over	6.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mill Creek	Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	60.9%	65.2%
Black or African American	4.4%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	20.6%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.4%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mill Creek	Monroe
No high school diploma	3.7%	9.7%
High school graduate	11.3%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mill Creek	Monroe
Drove alone	57.8%	69.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	11.0%
Public transit	4.8%	1.7%
Walked	0.3%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	27.4%	13.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mill Creek	Monroe
1-unit, detached	49.1%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	17.8%	7.3%
20 or more units	22.3%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Mill Creek	Monroe
Poverty rate	4.9%	7.0%
Average household size	2.45	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1995	1996