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Sterling City, TX

1,173 Population
1 square miles 1,197.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.2 ±5.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Sterling County: 31.4 ±2.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$32,608 ±$7,304 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Sterling County: $33,497 † ±$6,750
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$120,208 ±$115,353 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Sterling County: $78,750 † ±$69,746
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

1.7% ±1.4% (19  ±16) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sterling County: 2.7% † 37 (±1.8% / ±25)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

27.8 minutes ±6.7 (11,965  ±3,986) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Sterling County: 27.1 † 13,630 (±5.6 / ±4,011)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

327 ±67 Number of households
  • Sterling County: 402 † ±61
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
3.5 ±1 (1,139  ±213) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Sterling County: 3.4 † 1,355 (±0.7 / ±172)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

3.2% ±3.1% (8  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sterling County: 2.9% † 8 (±2.8% / ±8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

396 ±66 Number of housing units
  • Sterling County: 508 † ±64
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$127,600 ±$35,393 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sterling County: $143,200 † ±$63,465
  • about half the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

6.4% ±6.6% (74  ±78.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sterling County: 5.4% † 74 (±5.6% / ±78.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

89% ±7.7% (568  ±113.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sterling County: 87.9% † 692 (±9.5% / ±116.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
21.8% ±8.2% (139  ±58.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sterling County: 24.5% † 193 (±7.9% / ±67)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

9.1% ±5.1% (107  ±63) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Sterling County: 9.5% † 132 (±4.5% / ±65)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

2.8% ±1.8% (21  ±14) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sterling County: 2.4% † 21 (±1.5% / ±14)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
21 Total veterans ±14 14 Male ±10 7 Female ±11

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