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Sterling, KS

2,411 Population
1.9 square miles 1,292.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.4 ±4.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Rice County: 38.6 ±1.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,174 ±$6,228 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rice County: $33,232 ±$2,456
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,922 ±$4,210 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rice County: $63,925 ±$4,435
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.7% ±2.4% (110  ±48) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rice County: 7.7% † 677 (±2.6% / ±227)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.9 minutes ±6.3 (21,815  ±7,227) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Rice County: 20.9 † 87,830 (±2.9 / ±12,965)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

835 ±111 Number of households
  • Rice County: 3,714 ±157
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.4 (1,940  ±215) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rice County: 2.4 8,765 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.4% ±7.6% (63  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rice County: 11.2% † 215 (±4% / ±77)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

952 ±110 Number of housing units
  • Rice County: 4,384 ±41
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$133,000 ±$30,593 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Rice County: $104,600 ±$7,916
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

23.4% ±6.7% (555  ±166.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rice County: 13.8% † 1,274 (±3% / ±271.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.5% ±4.3% (1,257  ±158.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rice County: 90.9% 5,519 (±6.1% / ±376.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.8% ±5.5% (524  ±95.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rice County: 25.9% † 1,570 (±3.3% / ±203.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

2.6% ±1.8% (63  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Rice County: 4.9% 460
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±3% (122  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rice County: 7.4% † 527 (±2.1% / ±151)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
122 Total veterans ±58 100 Male ±51 22 Female ±24

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