Elkins vs Mill Creek

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

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

Elkins has the higher population (6,875 vs 699 in Mill Creek). Elkins has the higher median household income ($47,746 vs $47,457 in Mill Creek). Elkins has the higher median home value ($130,500 vs $112,500 in Mill Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Elkins	Mill Creek
Population	6,875	699
Median age	36.1 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,746	$47,457
Median home value	$130,500	$112,500
Median gross rent	$897	$842
Housing units	3,382	295
Homeownership rate	62.7%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkins	Mill Creek
Population	7,072 → 6,875 (-2.8%)	689 → 699 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$38,506 → $47,746 (+24.0%)	$38,897 → $47,457 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $130,500 (+6.3%)	$78,400 → $112,500 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $897 (+42.2%)	$520 → $842 (+61.9%)

Elkins

Population

7,0726,875

Median household income

$38,506$47,746

Median home value

$122,800$130,500

Median gross rent

$631$897

Mill Creek

Population

689699

Median household income

$38,897$47,457

Median home value

$78,400$112,500

Median gross rent

$520$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkins	Mill Creek
Under 5	6.0%	11.9%
5 to 17	13.1%	12.3%
18 to 24	14.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	16.2%	24.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	3.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.2%
75 and over	7.2%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkins	Mill Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	87.8%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	11.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkins	Mill Creek
No high school diploma	10.9%	13.4%
High school graduate	42.1%	61.7%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkins	Mill Creek
Drove alone	67.3%	62.3%
Carpooled	12.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	22.2%
Other means	6.2%	15.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkins	Mill Creek
1-unit, detached	64.6%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	31.5%

Poverty & households

	Elkins	Mill Creek
Poverty rate	16.8%	6.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	12	32
Median year structure built	1953	1975