Federal Building · Photo: Ceh2624 · CC BY-SA 3.0Millers Creek has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Only 2% work in Millers Creek itself; outside it, Wilkesboro draws the most (25%, 5 miles). Millers Creek has 283 jobs for 677 working residents. Jobs and income earn Millers Creek D; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Millers Creek
Jobs & income in Millers Creek: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Millers Creek is better than 14% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Millers Creek’s grade.
Unemployment (11.1%) is left out: Millers Creek’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Millers Creek could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Near or far: the trip to work from Millers Creek
About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who commutes out of Millers Creek, and who commutes in
On a workday 664 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 270 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Millers Creek on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Millers Creek work
Where Millers Creek clocks in
25% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Millers Creek’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millers Creek, 2013 → 2023: 182 → 283. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Millers Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, about the NC average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millers Creek workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 567 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Millers Creek, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Millers Creek is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Millers Creek near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 639 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Millers Creek households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Millers Creek’s commuters take a bus or train.
Millers Creek places 4,486th of 5,760 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Governors Club NC | 1,787 | $236K | 0.0% | 8.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Biltmore Forest NC | 1,469 | $169K | 2.0% | 2.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 305 | Northlakes NC | 1,716 | $101K | 2.0% | 1.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,484 | Campbell FL | 2,123 | $40K | 35.6% | 12.9% | 1% | D |
| 4,485 | Port Sulphur LA | 1,593 | $52K | 10.8% | 12.6% | 18% | D |
| 4,486 | Millers Creek NC | 1,689 | $63K | 18.9% | 11.1% | 2% | D |
| 4,487 | Carlisle KY | 2,122 | $49K | 14.8% | 3.0% | 11% | D |
| 4,488 | Homer MI | 1,603 | $55K | 18.7% | 5.9% | 14% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Millers Creek, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Millers Creek and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Millers Creek workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millers Creek | – | D | D− | 26 min | $63,125 |
| Cricket | under 2% | D | C− | 19 min | $39,859 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Millers Creek’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Millers Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Millers Creek?
$63,125 (±$17,712) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millers Creek?
18.9%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millers Creek?
26 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millers Creek work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilkesboro (25%, 5 mi), North Wilkesboro (11%, 6 mi), Winston-Salem (9%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Millers Creek walkable?
Millers Creek is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Millers Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millers Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millers Creek
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.