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Sterling, IL Micro Area

54,947 Population
684.1 square miles 80.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,312 ±$1,417 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,500 ±$2,936 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12% ±1.6% (6,447  ±871) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.3 minutes ±0.9 (485,315  ±25,006) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

23,120 ±396 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0 (53,927  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±1.6% (545  ±171) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

25,837 ±91 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$127,100 ±$6,398 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.6% ±1.1% (4,116  ±571.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.9% ±2.8% (35,536  ±1,085.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.5% ±1.4% (7,910  ±547.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of 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

3% (1,650  ±310) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±0.9% (3,468  ±399) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,468 Total veterans ±399 3,261 Male ±382 207 Female ±94

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