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Sterling, IL

14,717 Population
5.9 square miles 2,475.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±2.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 43 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,040 ±$3,909 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: $37,312 ±$1,417
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,350 ±$4,755 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: $67,500 ±$2,936
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.3% ±3.7% (2,209  ±531) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 12% † 6,447 (±1.6% / ±871)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.1 minutes ±2.2 (120,975  ±17,026) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 20.3 485,315 (±0.9 / ±25,006)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,579 ±263 Number of households
  • the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 23,120 ±396
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (14,360  ±361) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 2.3 53,927 (±0 / ±17)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.1% ±1.5% (67  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 4.9% † 545 (±1.6% / ±171)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,393 ±249 Number of housing units
  • the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 25,837 ±91
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$108,700 ±$5,819 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: $127,100 ±$6,398
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.9% ±1.6% (857  ±238.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 7.6% † 4,116 (±1.1% / ±571.3)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.8% ±5.6% (9,524  ±652.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 91.9% 35,536 (±2.8% / ±1,085.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.1% ±2.9% (2,169  ±300.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 20.5% 7,910 (±1.4% / ±547.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about three-fifths 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

5.4% ±1.6% (795  ±239) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 3% 1,650
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.2% ±2.2% (1,071  ±258) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sterling, IL Micro Area: 8.1% † 3,468 (±0.9% / ±399)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,071 Total veterans ±258 962 Male ±233 109 Female ±87

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