It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Myrtle Creek has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Myrtle Creek has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Myrtle Creek than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Myrtle Creek may be for you.
Being a small city, Myrtle Creek does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Myrtle Creek with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.32% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Myrtle Creek in 2022 was $30,305, which is lower middle income relative to Oregon, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,220 for a family of four. However, Myrtle Creek contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Myrtle Creek home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Myrtle Creek residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Myrtle Creek include German, English, Irish, French, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Myrtle Creek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
