Mill Creek is a somewhat small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 11,444 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Mill Creek is the 77th largest community in Washington.

Mill Creek is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 89.28% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Mill Creek is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mill Creek who work in management occupations (17.52%), office and administrative support jobs (14.25%), and sales jobs (12.54%).

Also of interest is that Mill Creek has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Mill Creek is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Mill Creek is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Mill Creek a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Mill Creek has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Mill Creek's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Mill Creek, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.05 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small city, Mill Creek doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Mill Creek Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Mill Creek is a pretty powerful place. 47.67% of the adults in Mill Creek have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Mill Creek in 2000 was $36,234, which is wealthy relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $144,936 for a family of four. However, Mill Creek contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mill Creek is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mill Creek home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mill Creek is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Mill Creek include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, Italian, French, and Swedish.

Mill Creek also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.68%.

The most common language spoken in Mill Creek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.