Georgia · Census place 73452
Sterling, GA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Sterling, Georgia (Sterling, GA — Census place “Sterling CDP”) is 1,849 residents, ranking #307 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $74,359, the median home is worth — and median gross rent runs $828 a month. Looking for the Sterling Georgia ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Sterling, GA: 31523, 31525.
- Population
- 1,849Sterling CDP residents
- Median household income
- $74,359Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $828Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 35.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 70.5%Owner-occupied households
Sterling ZIP codes (Georgia)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Sterling.
The Sterling GA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Sterling CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Sterling CDP median would spend about 13.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. Poverty affects 16.5% of residents and 70.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Sterling CDP, GA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Sterling CDP is a small town in Georgia, with 1,849 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #307 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 54% of them. The median age here is 35.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Sterling CDP earn a median of $74,359 a year, 5.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 30% above the $57,300 median for the 378 Georgia cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 16.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Sterling CDP is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $828 a month, 41.1% below the national figure, or roughly $9,936 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. 70.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
The Census withheld home value for Sterling CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Georgia.
- Maysville town 1,829
- Morgan city 1,878
- Clarkesville city 1,827
- Cataula CDP 1,898
- Sparta city 1,827
- Nicholson city 1,899
- Lookout Mountain city 1,825
- Hamilton city 1,911
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Sterling CDP?
- Sterling CDP has 1,849 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #307 of 675 in Georgia.
- What is the median household income in Sterling CDP?
- Median household income in Sterling CDP is $74,359 a year, 5.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sterling CDP?
- Median gross rent is $828 a month and the median home value is not published, so rent absorbs about 13.4% of median household income.
- Is Sterling CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Sterling CDP to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Sterling CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.