| Official Name: | Mill Creek, Pennsylvania |
| Settlement Type: | Borough |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Mill Creek |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Huntingdon |
| Government Type: | Borough Council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Donovan A. Goss (R) |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1848 |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated |
| Established Date1: | 1905 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.84 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.78 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.06 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.33 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.30 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.03 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 285 |
| Population Density Km2: | 365.27 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 946.84 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 40.4372°N -77.9308°W |
| Elevation Ft: | 643 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 17060 |
| Area Code: | 814 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-49552 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1215273 |
| Footnotes: | Local phone exchanges: 641, 643, 644 |
Mill Creek is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 328 at the 2010 census.[2]
The borough of Mill Creek was named for Mill Creek, a tributary of the Juniata River, on which it is located. The creek was the main source of power for many of the mills in the settlement years of the 1700s, as well as during much of the nineteenth century.
The borough of Mill Creek is located in east-central Huntingdon County on the northeastern side of the Juniata River where it is joined by Mill Creek. U.S. Route 22 passes through the borough, leading northwestward 5miles to Huntingdon, the county seat, and southeastward 6miles to Mount Union. Pennsylvania Route 655 (Big Valley Pike) leads northeastward from Mill Creek to Belleville in the Kishacoquillas Valley.
Mill Creek borough is bordered to the northwest by Henderson Township, to the southwest (across the Juniata) by Union Township, and to the east by Brady Township. All three of the neighboring townships are in Huntingdon County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.84km2, of which 0.78sqkm are land and 0.06sqkm, or 7.65%, are water.[2]
As of the census of 2000, there were 351 people, 126 households, and 98 families residing in the borough. The population density was 945.6sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 139 housing units at an average density of 374.5sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the borough was 99.15% White, 0.28% African American, and 0.57% from two or more races.
There were 126 households, out of which 38.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.1% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.2% were non-families. 17.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.09.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 30.2% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 19.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $28,571, and the median income for a family was $30,833. Males had a median income of $26,250 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $11,177. About 17.7% of families and 19.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.4% of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over.