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Sterling, AK

6,323 Population
77.8 square miles 81.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±7.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 41.4 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Alaska: 35.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$64,024 ±$15,815 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $44,190 ±$2,260
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Alaska: $46,573 ±$569
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$102,415 ±$26,142 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $80,538 ±$5,216
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $92,788 ±$1,232
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.6% ±2.3% (287  ±146) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11.8% † 6,965 (±1.2% / ±726)
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 10.1% 72,786 (±0.4% / ±2,899)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.1 minutes ±4.1 (67,000  ±15,099) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 20.7 451,120 (±1.4 / ±34,460)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Alaska: 19.4 6,181,345 (±0.4 / ±125,429)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,718 ±297 Number of households
  • Kenai Peninsula Borough: 24,371 ±383
  • Alaska: 270,533 ±1,456
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0 (6,293  ±689) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 2.4 58,464 (±0 / ±127)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 2.6 704,937
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.8% ±6.8% (108  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 4.6% † 568 (±1.5% / ±185)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 5.8% 9,814 (±0.4% / ±685)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,828 ±285 Number of housing units
  • Kenai Peninsula Borough: 32,836 ±102
  • Alaska: 328,491 ±442
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$353,400 ±$39,407 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $323,200 ±$8,421
  • about the same as the amount in Alaska: $352,900 ±$3,735
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.1% ±4.1% (564  ±263.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11.8% † 7,053 (±1.4% / ±861)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 14.5% 105,465 (±0.5% / ±3,731.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97% ±5.3% (4,580  ±526.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 94.7% 40,650 (±2.7% / ±1,165.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alaska: 93.6% 458,914 (±1% / ±4,862.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.2% ±5.4% (1,378  ±292.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 29.8% 12,786 (±1.5% / ±625.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 31.7% 155,356 (±0.6% / ±2,849.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.4% ±1.5% (215  ±100) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 3.7% 2,221
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,745
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.1% ±4.3% (728  ±232) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 10% 4,707 (±0.8% / ±388)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alaska: 10.8% 57,477 (±0.3% / ±1,846)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
728 Total veterans ±232 675 Male ±219 53 Female ±61

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