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Sterling, KS

2,507 Population
1.9 square miles 1,344.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.4 ±3.5 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Rice County: 39 ±1.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$22,770 ±$2,519 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Rice County: $32,074 † ±$4,453
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$49,323 ±$6,209 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rice County: $58,523 † ±$6,277
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

6.4% ±3.3% (125  ±67) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rice County: 9.8% † 854 (±2.5% / ±220)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

22.5 minutes ±7.6 (22,925  ±8,584) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rice County: 19.7 † 81,425 (±2.3 / ±10,575)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

799 ±103 Number of households
  • Rice County: 3,763 ±158
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.5 ±0.5 (1,979  ±253) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Rice County: 2.3 8,768 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

7.3% ±5% (42  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rice County: 10.3% † 190 (±3.3% / ±62)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

917 ±99 Number of housing units
  • Rice County: 4,395 ±24
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$128,500 ±$23,117 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Rice County: $87,700 ±$7,179
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

22.6% ±5.9% (558  ±,155.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rice County: 15% † 1,399 (±3.4% / ±,318.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

97.8% ±17.3% (1,249  ±,153.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rice County: 92% 5,633 (±5.4% / ±340)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
35.1% ±4.7% (448  ±82.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rice County: 23.7% † 1,452 (±2.7% / ±,167.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

2.9% ±1.7% (73  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rice County: 3.9% 369
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

6.2% ±3.2% (117  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rice County: 9.3% † 677 (±1.7% / ±123)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
117 Total veterans ±61 102 Male ±53 15 Female ±25

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