Mill Creek vs Montrose

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

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

Mill Creek has the higher population (699 vs 310 in Montrose). Montrose has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $47,457 in Mill Creek). Montrose has the higher median home value ($191,300 vs $112,500 in Mill Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Mill Creek	Montrose
Population	699	310
Median age	32.6 yrs	24.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,457	$83,125
Median home value	$112,500	$191,300
Median gross rent	$842	—
Housing units	295	96
Homeownership rate	69.8%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mill Creek	Montrose
Population	689 → 699 (+1.5%)	158 → 310 (+96.2%)
Median household income	$38,897 → $47,457 (+22.0%)	$47,917 → $83,125 (+73.5%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $112,500 (+43.5%)	$150,000 → $191,300 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$520 → $842 (+61.9%)	—

Mill Creek

Population

689699

Median household income

$38,897$47,457

Median home value

$78,400$112,500

Median gross rent

$520$842

Montrose

Population

158310

Median household income

$47,917$83,125

Median home value

$150,000$191,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mill Creek	Montrose
Under 5	11.9%	34.8%
5 to 17	12.3%	5.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	12.9%
25 to 34	24.2%	3.2%
35 to 44	3.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	5.8%
75 and over	13.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mill Creek	Montrose
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	11.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mill Creek	Montrose
No high school diploma	13.4%	13.7%
High school graduate	61.7%	59.6%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	9.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mill Creek	Montrose
Drove alone	62.3%	80.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	11.8%
Other means	15.6%	7.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mill Creek	Montrose
1-unit, detached	64.7%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.5%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Mill Creek	Montrose
Poverty rate	6.8%	4.5%
Average household size	2.74	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1975	1983