What is the population of Mill Creek East CDP?

Mill Creek East CDP has 25,461 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #50 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Mill Creek East CDP?

Median household income in Mill Creek East CDP is $183,466 a year, 133.6% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mill Creek East CDP?

Median gross rent is $3,013 a month and the median home value is $840,100, so rent absorbs about 19.7% of median household income.

Is Mill Creek East CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mill Creek East CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Mill Creek East, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Mill Creek East, Washington (Mill Creek East, WA — Census place “Mill Creek East CDP”) is 25,461 residents, ranking #50 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $183,466, the median home is worth $840,100 and median gross rent runs $3,013 a month. Looking for the Mill Creek East Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Mill Creek East, WA: 98012.

Population: 25,461Mill Creek East CDP residents
Median household income: $183,466Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $840,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $3,013Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 83.1%Owner-occupied households

Mill Creek East ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Mill Creek East.

The Mill Creek East WA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

98012

What the numbers mean in Mill Creek East CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Mill Creek East CDP median would spend about 19.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.7% of residents and 83.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Mill Creek East CDP, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Mill Creek East CDP is a small city in Washington, with 25,461 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #50 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 35.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Mill Creek East CDP earn a median of $183,466 a year, 133.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 103% above the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 3.7% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Mill Creek East CDP is valued at $840,100, 176.9% above the national figure and 79% above the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $3,013 a month, 114.3% above the national figure, or roughly $36,156 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 83.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Mill Creek East CDP?: Mill Creek East CDP has 25,461 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #50 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Mill Creek East CDP?: Median household income in Mill Creek East CDP is $183,466 a year, 133.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mill Creek East CDP?: Median gross rent is $3,013 a month and the median home value is $840,100, so rent absorbs about 19.7% of median household income.
Is Mill Creek East CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mill Creek East CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Mill Creek East CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.