Myrtle Creek is a very small city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 3,501 people and two associated neighborhoods, Myrtle Creek is the 108th largest community in Oregon.

Of important note, Myrtle Creek is also a city of artists. Myrtle Creek has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Myrtle Creek’s character.

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.36% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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.

Myrtle Creek is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

In Myrtle Creek, just 12.86% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Myrtle Creek in 2022 was $34,542, which is middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $138,168 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, Irish, English, Polish, and French.

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