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Sterling, CO Urban Area

12,639 Population
5.4 square miles 2,333.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,351 ±$2,118 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,994 ±$4,550 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.7% ±4.5% (2,138  ±548) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.3 minutes ±2.1 (81,620  ±12,886) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,457 ±183 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (12,007  ±382) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.9% ±3.6% (223  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,725 ±177 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$233,400 ±$13,211 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.5% ±5.6% (2,443  ±706.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.5% ±6.1% (8,044  ±635.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.1% ±3.8% (1,872  ±347) 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

6.4% ±1.8% (806  ±229) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±2.1% (818  ±217) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
818 Total veterans ±217 784 Male ±213 34 Female ±49

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