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Sterling, IL Urban Area

27,436 Population
14.6 square miles 1,877.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$35,603 ±$3,002 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$54,189 ±$4,282 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

16.9% ±2.6% (4,549  ±692) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

17.5 minutes ±1.5 (218,295  ±21,032) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

12,120 ±307 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.1 (26,872  ±324) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.4% ±1.8% (203  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

13,522 ±301 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$104,300 ±$4,552 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9.3% ±2% (2,540  ±543) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

89.8% ±4% (17,146  ±859.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
18.2% ±2.2% (3,465  ±423.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

4.4% ±1% (1,199  ±272) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

9.3% ±1.7% (2,007  ±379) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,007 Total veterans ±379 1,870 Male ±357 137 Female ±95

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