Millers CreekNC
The town was settled in 1879 and has 1,689 residents today.
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.
How TownRatings grades towns →
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.
With only 0.4 jobs per working resident, most people in Millers Creek work out of town
Just 2% of Millers Creek’s working residents have a job in town. Employers in Millers Creek added 101 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 283. Half commute less than 19 miles. The top destinations are Wilkesboro (25%), North Wilkesboro (11%) and Winston-Salem (9%).
| 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
Among adults in Millers Creek, 14% binge drink. Two figures for adults here: 16% report frequent physical distress, 41% have high blood pressure.
| 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
Millers Creek’s typical home value is about $232K
Home values are up 5.8% over the year to September 2026. In Millers Creek, nearly three quarters of households own their home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Millers Creek has four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 28°, with about 8 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: low risk in Millers Creek, mostly inland flooding
FEMA puts two thirds of Millers Creek’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 9% to cold waves. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Millers Creek once, in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · 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 →
Questions about Millers Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Millers Creek, NC expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.