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Sterling, IL

14,670 Population
5.9 square miles 2,467.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±2.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 43.4 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,146 ±$4,557 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: $36,788 ±$1,633
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$52,647 ±$6,099 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: $64,536 ±$4,377
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

16.4% ±3.8% (2,353  ±546) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 12.1% † 6,509 (±1.4% / ±777)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

17.5 minutes ±2.5 (119,960  ±18,854) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 19.9 488,495 (±1.1 / ±30,410)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

6,659 ±275 Number of households
  • the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 23,215 ±304
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.2 ±0.1 (14,309  ±397) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 2.3 54,185 (±0 / ±13)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

2.2% ±1.6% (70  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 4.6% † 511 (±1.4% / ±158)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

7,385 ±324 Number of housing units
  • the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 25,850 ±67
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$107,800 ±$4,721 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: $125,800 ±$5,062
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

9.4% ±2.3% (1,364  ±337.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 9% † 4,898 (±1.1% / ±612.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

90.5% ±5.3% (9,265  ±664.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 91% 35,331 (±2.7% / ±1,061.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
18.5% ±2.9% (1,891  ±306.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 20.1% 7,792 (±1.4% / ±540.7)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

4.7% ±1.6% (688  ±230) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 2.8% 1,528
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

8.9% ±1.9% (1,046  ±231) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 8.2% † 3,542 (±0.9% / ±380)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
1,046 Total veterans ±231 931 Male ±215 115 Female ±95

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