Kentucky · Census place 54084
Mount Sterling city, KY
Quick answer
Mount Sterling city has 7,549 residents, ranking #61 of 554 places in Kentucky. Median household income is $50,843, the median home is worth $178,200 and median gross rent runs $564 a month.
- Population
- 7,549Mount Sterling city residents
- Median household income
- $50,843Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $178,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $564Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 50.8%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Mount Sterling city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Mount Sterling city median would spend about 13.3% 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. The median home costs 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 19.9% of residents and 50.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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