Millers CreekNC
A town of 1,689, settled in 1879.
Is Millers Creek a good place to live?
The best of Millers Creek’s subject grades are an A− for cost of living and a B+ for schools; the weakest is a D− for walkability. 30% of residents are 65 or older in Millers Creek, where North Carolina’s towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 18%. On walkability, just 8 of North Carolina’s 450 towns do worse. The median household income is $63K, and 19% of residents live below the poverty line. On the outdoors, just 22 of North Carolina’s 451 towns do worse. Millers Creek has 1 place on the National Register. Millers Creek has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Millers Creek stand out
Where Millers Creek beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Millers Creek for work
Where Millers Creek’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Millers Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Millers Creek is from typical.
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Blue Ridge Parkway and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Millers Creek. Close and well known come first.
10 mi ParkwayBlue Ridge Parkway16.5M visitors a year
33 mi MountainGrandfather Mountain23 mi Theme parkTweetsie Railroad
37 mi MountainMount Rogers
34 mi State parkGrayson Highlands State Park36 mi Theme parkLand of OzPhoto credits
Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Grandfather Mountain: Original uploader was KyleAndMelissa22 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Mount Rogers: USDA-FS, Public domain · Grayson Highlands State Park: Ken Thomas, Public domain
Moving to Millers Creek: who provides what
Millers Creek is unincorporated, so Wilkes County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Millers Creek.
Most of Millers Creek’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Millers Creek for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Millers Creek has added 101 jobs, to 283 in 2023. At $63,000, Millers Creek’s median household income is against $69,000 in North Carolina’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns.
| Millers Creek | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $63,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Public schools in Millers Creek beat 67% of North Carolina districts
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millers Creek Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 300 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NC on state tests and graduation
Health in Millers Creek trails 74% of U.S. towns
Millers Creek beats the North Carolina average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 27% of Millers Creek adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Millers Creek | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 25% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Millers Creek | NC |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.4% | 7.1% |
| More smokers | 17.9% | 13.5% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.6% | 6.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Millers Creek are worth about $232K, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical Millers Creek home is worth about $232,000, up 5.8% in a year, 30% below the North Carolina typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Millers Creek has four seasons and pleasant summers
Millers Creek has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 28° and about 8 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Millers Creek
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Millers Creek
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Millers Creek
About 1 of every 100 Millers Creek residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
Millers Creek’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Millers Creek.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millers Creek | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Cricket | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | D |
Millers Creek and Cricket have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Millers Creek and Cricket report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Millers Creek with a neighbor →