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Sterling, AK

6,776 Population
77.8 square miles 87.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 41.5 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$62,391 ±$14,472 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $42,899 ±$2,268
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Alaska: $44,928 ±$605
$110,341 ±$20,140 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $77,722 ±$5,508
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $89,336 ±$1,374

5.9% ±2.7% (398  ±186) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11.6% † 6,790 (±1.4% / ±805)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 10.2% 72,978 (±0.3% / ±2,204)

28.9 minutes ±5.2 (68,235  ±16,836) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 20.4 448,965 (±1.2 / ±29,300)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,246,845 (±0.3 / ±110,673)

Families

2,747 ±272 Number of households
  • Kenai Peninsula Borough: 23,902 ±415
  • Alaska: 267,865 ±1,441
2.5 ±0.3 (6,749  ±617) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 2.4 58,062 (±0 / ±144)
  • a little less than the figure in Alaska: 2.6 703,871

7.6% ±5.8% (104  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 4.4% † 529 (±1.4% / ±164)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alaska: 5.7% 9,528 (±0.4% / ±744)

Housing

3,883 ±258 Number of housing units
  • Kenai Peninsula Borough: 32,707 ±122
  • Alaska: 327,610 ±431

$346,100 ±$35,327 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $297,500 ±$8,572
  • a little higher than the amount in Alaska: $333,300 ±$3,665

7% ±2.9% (465  ±198.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 12.3% † 7,321 (±1.3% / ±770.1)
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,476 (±0.6% / ±4,009.5)

Social

96.5% ±6.2% (4,681  ±513.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 94.3% 40,036 (±2.7% / ±1,172.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 456,049 (±1% / ±4,750.6)
31.3% ±5% (1,517  ±277.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 29.4% 12,477 (±1.5% / ±621.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 31.2% 152,432 (±0.6% / ±2,933.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.8% ±1.8% (260  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 3.9% 2,320
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 7.8% 57,131

13.2% ±3.7% (698  ±204) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 10.4% 4,806 (±0.8% / ±375)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 11% 58,910 (±0.4% / ±2,202)
698 Total veterans ±204 644 Male ±196 54 Female ±60

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