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Sterling, IL Urban Area

26,986 Population
14.6 square miles 1,846.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,515 ±$2,782 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,183 ±$3,609 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.2% ±3% (4,540  ±797) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.3 minutes ±1.2 (205,485  ±17,462) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,926 ±405 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (26,429  ±359) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.8% ±2% (221  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,438 ±332 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$103,600 ±$5,267 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.1% ±1.5% (1,910  ±414.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91% ±3.8% (17,321  ±817.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.1% ±1.9% (3,635  ±373) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

5% ±1.1% (1,353  ±284) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9% ±1.7% (1,924  ±365) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,924 Total veterans ±365 1,782 Male ±344 142 Female ±89

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