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Sterling, OK

730 Population
0.8 square miles 887.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±13 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 34 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,302 ±$10,706 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: $30,759 ±$833
  • about the same as the amount in Oklahoma: $34,859 ±$251
$65,521 ±$25,969 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: $59,060 ±$1,557
  • a little higher than the amount in Oklahoma: $63,603 ±$419

17.1% ±9.2% (125  ±79) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 18% 21,087 (±1.1% / ±1,307)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 593,820 (±0.2% / ±6,983)

30 minutes ±4.8 (6,985  ±3,036) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 18.6 933,065 (±0.6 / ±35,123)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,910,328 (±0.1 / ±227,614)

Families

289 ±94 Number of households
  • the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 46,769 ±527
  • Oklahoma: 1,542,780 ±3,468
2.5 ±0.1 (730  ±240) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 2.5 117,604 (±0 / ±202)
  • about the same as the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,878,064

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

326 ±94 Number of housing units
  • the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 55,354 ±98
  • Oklahoma: 1,763,036 ±1,066

$120,800 ±$14,776 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: $151,500 ±$5,607
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $185,900 ±$1,137

13.4% ±8.1% (98  ±67.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 20.5% 25,749 (±1.3% / ±1,573.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 587,832 (±0.2% / ±8,342.9)

Social

93.3% ±37.7% (472  ±116) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 90.3% 74,415 (±2.1% / ±1,756.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 89.1% 2,354,247 (±0.4% / ±9,500.3)
10.1% ±5% (51  ±30.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 24% 19,789 (±1.1% / ±919.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Oklahoma: 27.8% 733,793 (±0.2% / ±5,259.6)

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

1.8% ±2.4% (13  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 5.3% 6,679
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.3% 249,771

15.5% ±6.4% (80  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 16.3% 14,278 (±0.9% / ±788)
  • nearly double the rate in Oklahoma: 8.2% 247,634 (±0.1% / ±3,573)
80 Total veterans ±41 78 Male ±41 2 Female ±4

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