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Sterling town, Polk County, WI

777 Population
63.2 square miles 12.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.6 ±8.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 46.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,535 ±$6,121 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Polk County: $41,288 ±$943
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,875 ±$25,004 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $77,219 ±$2,446
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.9% ±7.4% (108  ±62) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 8.2% † 3,671 (±0.9% / ±419)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

39.4 minutes ±2 (12,335  ±3,319) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Polk County: 29.8 575,800 (±1.2 / ±26,580)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

355 ±66 Number of households
  • Polk County: 19,542 ±239
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (777  ±170) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Polk County: 2.3 45,046 (±0 / ±26)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.9% ±6.5% (8  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 4.4% † 384 (±0.9% / ±81)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

509 ±82 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 24,558 ±69
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$207,100 ±$75,085 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Polk County: $271,900 ±$7,974
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.1% ±3.3% (32  ±26.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Polk County: 8.8% † 3,993 (±1% / ±464.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.7% ±23.8% (517  ±88.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 94.1% 31,575 (±2.4% / ±792.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.7% ±3.9% (44  ±24.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Polk County: 24.3% 8,164 (±1.2% / ±413.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about one-fifth 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

1% ±1.1% (8  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 1.2% 537
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.8% ±1.6% (24  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Polk County: 7.8% 2,842 (±0.6% / ±201)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
24 Total veterans ±11 22 Male ±12 2 Female ±3

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