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Sterling, IL Micro Area

55,192 Population
684.1 square miles 80.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$36,788 ±$1,633 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$64,536 ±$4,377 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

12.1% ±1.4% (6,509  ±777) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

19.9 minutes ±1.1 (488,495  ±30,410) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

23,215 ±304 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0 (54,185  ±13) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.6% ±1.4% (511  ±158) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

25,850 ±67 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$125,800 ±$5,062 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9% ±1.1% (4,898  ±612.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

91% ±2.7% (35,331  ±1,061.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
20.1% ±1.4% (7,792  ±540.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

2.8% (1,528  ±282) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.2% ±0.9% (3,542  ±380) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
3,542 Total veterans ±380 3,339 Male ±361 203 Female ±104

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