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Sterling, KS

2,396 Population
1.9 square miles 1,284.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.7 ±3.8 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Rice County: 39 ±1.4
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$24,712 ±$2,930 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rice County: $32,742 ±$3,204
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$51,304 ±$3,284 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rice County: $63,947 ±$5,057
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

4.9% ±3.2% (93  ±62) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rice County: 7.4% † 644 (±2.2% / ±191)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

21.7 minutes ±6.4 (22,345  ±7,302) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Rice County: 22.1 † 91,800 (±2.8 / ±12,747)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

809 ±116 Number of households
  • Rice County: 3,694 ±147
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.3 ±0.4 (1,893  ±226) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rice County: 2.4 8,758 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

9.4% ±5.3% (56  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rice County: 10.7% † 203 (±4.1% / ±79)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

934 ±116 Number of housing units
  • Rice County: 4,384 ±33
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$130,200 ±$18,878 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Rice County: $105,500 ±$8,682
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

21.2% ±6.1% (497  ±150.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rice County: 12.8% † 1,181 (±2.8% / ±259.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

96.6% ±5.2% (1,243  ±157.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rice County: 92.9% 5,660 (±6% / ±372.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
36.1% ±5.6% (465  ±89.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rice County: 24.3% † 1,478 (±3.1% / ±189.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

2.6% ±1.6% (61  ±38) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rice County: 4% 371
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

5.9% ±2.9% (114  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rice County: 9.1% † 653 (±2.2% / ±159)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
114 Total veterans ±56 100 Male ±51 14 Female ±24

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