Mill Creek vs Silver Firs

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

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

Silver Firs has the higher population (21,796 vs 20,846 in Mill Creek). Silver Firs has the higher median household income ($153,026 vs $121,578 in Mill Creek). Mill Creek has the higher median home value ($836,300 vs $791,700 in Silver Firs).

Population, income & housing

	Mill Creek	Silver Firs
Population	20,846	21,796
Median age	38.8 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$121,578	$153,026
Median home value	$836,300	$791,700
Median gross rent	$2,197	$2,853
Housing units	9,151	7,654
Homeownership rate	59.8%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mill Creek	Silver Firs
Population	20,553 → 20,846 (+1.4%)	22,358 → 21,796 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$103,750 → $121,578 (+17.2%)	$131,337 → $153,026 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$536,800 → $836,300 (+55.8%)	$487,100 → $791,700 (+62.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,812 → $2,197 (+21.2%)	$2,054 → $2,853 (+38.9%)

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

Silver Firs

Population

22,35821,796

Median household income

$131,337$153,026

Median home value

$487,100$791,700

Median gross rent

$2,054$2,853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mill Creek	Silver Firs
Under 5	6.3%	7.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	15.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	18.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	6.6%
75 and over	6.5%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mill Creek	Silver Firs
White (non-Hispanic)	60.9%	64.1%
Black or African American	4.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	20.6%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mill Creek	Silver Firs
No high school diploma	3.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	11.3%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mill Creek	Silver Firs
Drove alone	57.8%	62.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.2%
Public transit	4.8%	3.4%
Walked	0.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.4%	25.8%
Other means	1.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mill Creek	Silver Firs
1-unit, detached	49.1%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	17.8%	3.3%
20 or more units	22.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Mill Creek	Silver Firs
Poverty rate	4.9%	6.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1995	1997