Best PlacesMillers Creek, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Millers Creek, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Millers Creek ranks 24,840th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Millers Creek
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Millers Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Millers Creek ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 81% of towns
Where Millers Creek ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 16% of towns
- Household income$53,826 median, better than only 17% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 33% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Millers Creek
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Millers Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,826, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Millers Creek's effective rate of 0.50%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Millers Creek
Millers Creek runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Millers Creek.
Who works in Millers Creek, and how
Work in Millers Creek centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Millers Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Millers Creek.
What the weather is like in Millers Creek, month by month
Millers Creek sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 37° | 29° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Millers Creek
The nearest airport, Concord-Padgett Regional, is about 64 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 70 miles away.
The best schools in and around Millers Creek
Schools across Millers Creek average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Millers Creek Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Wilkes Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- North Wilkes Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Wilkes Early College High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- West Wilkes High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Millers Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Millers Creek measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Millers Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Millers Creek
Is Millers Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Millers Creek ranks 24,840th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, state finances, and low disaster risk, and lowest on education levels and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Millers Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $178,917. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $53,826 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Millers Creek safe?
Millers Creek is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $351 per resident a year.
Compare Millers Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Millers Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Millers Creek represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Millers Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Millers Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Millers Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Millers Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Millers Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Millers Creek detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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