Mill Creek vs Mukilteo

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

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

Mukilteo has the higher population (21,312 vs 20,846 in Mill Creek). Mukilteo has the higher median household income ($122,612 vs $121,578 in Mill Creek). Mill Creek has the higher median home value ($836,300 vs $830,000 in Mukilteo).

Population, income & housing

	Mill Creek	Mukilteo
Population	20,846	21,312
Median age	38.8 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$121,578	$122,612
Median home value	$836,300	$830,000
Median gross rent	$2,197	$2,127
Housing units	9,151	8,492
Homeownership rate	59.8%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	54.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mill Creek	Mukilteo
Population	20,553 → 20,846 (+1.4%)	21,336 → 21,312 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$103,750 → $121,578 (+17.2%)	$108,536 → $122,612 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$536,800 → $836,300 (+55.8%)	$582,700 → $830,000 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,812 → $2,197 (+21.2%)	$1,796 → $2,127 (+18.4%)

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

Mukilteo

Population

21,33621,312

Median household income

$108,536$122,612

Median home value

$582,700$830,000

Median gross rent

$1,796$2,127

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mill Creek	Mukilteo
Under 5	6.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	17.9%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.3%
75 and over	6.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mill Creek	Mukilteo
White (non-Hispanic)	60.9%	60.6%
Black or African American	4.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	20.6%	20.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.4%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mill Creek	Mukilteo
No high school diploma	3.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	11.3%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mill Creek	Mukilteo
Drove alone	57.8%	60.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	10.2%
Public transit	4.8%	1.9%
Walked	0.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	27.4%	25.4%
Other means	1.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mill Creek	Mukilteo
1-unit, detached	49.1%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	17.8%	19.1%
20 or more units	22.3%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Mill Creek	Mukilteo
Poverty rate	4.9%	5.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1995	1990