Mill Creek vs Valley Bend

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

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

Valley Bend has the higher population (713 vs 699 in Mill Creek). Valley Bend has the higher median household income ($93,352 vs $47,457 in Mill Creek). Valley Bend has the higher median home value ($253,500 vs $112,500 in Mill Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Mill Creek	Valley Bend
Population	699	713
Median age	32.6 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,457	$93,352
Median home value	$112,500	$253,500
Median gross rent	$842	—
Housing units	295	257
Homeownership rate	69.8%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mill Creek	Valley Bend
Population	689 → 699 (+1.5%)	497 → 713 (+43.5%)
Median household income	$38,897 → $47,457 (+22.0%)	$57,115 → $93,352 (+63.4%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $112,500 (+43.5%)	$71,500 → $253,500 (+254.5%)
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

Valley Bend

Population

497713

Median household income

$57,115$93,352

Median home value

$71,500$253,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mill Creek	Valley Bend
Under 5	11.9%	10.1%
5 to 17	12.3%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	24.2%	12.9%
35 to 44	3.3%	17.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	1.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	28.8%
65 to 74	8.2%	2.9%
75 and over	13.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mill Creek	Valley Bend
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	Valley Bend
No high school diploma	13.4%	12.0%
High school graduate	61.7%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	12.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mill Creek	Valley Bend
Drove alone	62.3%	77.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	22.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	0.0%
Other means	15.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mill Creek	Valley Bend
1-unit, detached	64.7%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.5%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Mill Creek	Valley Bend
Poverty rate	6.8%	2.4%
Average household size	2.74	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	32	51
Median year structure built	1975	1945