City safety & data profile

Mill CreekWA

Mill Creek, WA is a 20K-resident city in Snohomish County with a median household income of $124,364.

Snohomish County, Washington. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Mill Creek, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Mill Creek has a population larger than 44% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $903,800.

Data updated 2026-09-03

20K
Population (place)
Bottom 45%
By size
$124,364
Median income (place)
$903,800
Median home (place)
6.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Mill Creek

Mill Creek posts a median household income higher than 85% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 15%
by median income, US cities

Where Mill Creek income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$124,364 Top 15% higher than 85% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Mill Creek $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in WA

Population among 109 WA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Seattle is the largest WA city on this list; Sammamish leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in WA

Median household income among the same 109-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Sammamish posts the highest place-level median income in WA; Seattle is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Mill Creek, WA beyond the headline numbers

Mill Creek sits inside Snohomish County, Washington, at roughly 47.86°N, -122.20°W. Population 20,043, $124,364 median household income. Median home value $903,800, median rent $2,249. Poverty rate 6.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 6.4% of Mill Creek, WA residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Mill Creek costs around 7.3 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

29.9% of Mill Creek workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, physical inactivity departs furthest from its peer median: 15.8% in Mill Creek, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

4.4% of Mill Creek workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Mill Creek from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
20,043
Mill Creek · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$124,364
+39% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$903,800
+119% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Snohomish County): Mill Creek's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
844K+17%
Median Income
$111,246+63%
Median Home Value
$696,000+138%
Poverty Rate
8%-23%
Unemployment
4.4%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Mill Creek, WA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,249/mo
Poverty Rate
6.4% -48% vs avg
Unemployment 4.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 56%
Work From Home 29.9%
Public Transit 4.4%

Population

White 65.1%
African American 3.4%
Asian 20.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
32.1%
High Blood Pressure
29.8%
Obesity
27.8%
Physical Inactivity
15.8%
Binge Drinking
15%
Frequent Mental Distress
14%
Frequent Physical Distress
11%
Current Asthma
10.7%
Diabetes
9%
Current Smoking
7.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 71.3%
Annual Checkup 74.1%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
5.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.9%
Stroke
2.7%

What alerts and safety updates affect Mill Creek?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Mill Creek right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet WA-MILL-CREEK · Mill Creek

Mill Creek: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Mill Creek, WA? ▼
Mill Creek, WA has a population of 20,043 people, located in Snohomish County, Washington.
What is the median household income in Mill Creek? ▼
The median household income in Mill Creek, WA is $124,364 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 6.4%.
What is the median home value in Mill Creek? ▼
The median home value in Mill Creek, WA is $903,800. Median rent is $2,249/month.
What are the top health concerns in Mill Creek? ▼
The top health indicators in Mill Creek include Short Sleep Duration (32.1%), High Blood Pressure (29.8%), Obesity (27.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Mill Creek? ▼
The median age in Mill Creek, WA is 39.3 years. 56% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Mill Creek, both outside Washington so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WA (6.4% here).

Simi Valley, CA 6.4% Walnut Creek, CA 6.4% Laguna Niguel, CA 6.4% Wesley Chapel, FL 6.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WA ($124,364 here).

'Ewa Beach, HI $124,323 Westchase, FL $124,434 Pompton Lakes, NJ $124,454 McKinney, TX $124,215

Compare Mill Creek with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Mill Creek East, WA 16K Martha Lake, WA 15K Eastmont, WA 20K North Creek, WA 26K Silver Firs, WA 21K Bothell West, WA 17K Picnic Point-North Lynnwood, WA 23K Bothell, WA 43K
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Using Mill Creek's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Mill Creek area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Snohomish County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.