What is the population of Sterling town?

Sterling town has 730 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #303 of 846 in Oklahoma.

What is the median household income in Sterling town?

Median household income in Sterling town is $65,521 a year, 16.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sterling town?

Median gross rent is $775 a month and the median home value is $120,800, so rent absorbs about 14.2% of median household income.

Is Sterling town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sterling town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Sterling, OK population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Sterling, Oklahoma (Sterling, OK — Census place “Sterling town”) is 730 residents, ranking #303 of 846 places in Oklahoma. Median household income is $65,521, the median home is worth $120,800 and median gross rent runs $775 a month. Looking for the Sterling Oklahoma ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Sterling, OK: 73567.

Population: 730Sterling town residents
Median household income: $65,521Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $120,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $775Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72%Owner-occupied households

Sterling ZIP codes (Oklahoma)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Sterling.

The Sterling OK ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

73567

What the numbers mean in Sterling town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Sterling town median would spend about 14.2% 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 1.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.1% of residents and 72% 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 town, OK in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Sterling town is a very small community in Oklahoma, with 730 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #303 of 846 ranked by population — larger than 64% of them. The median age here is 35.9 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 town earn a median of $65,521 a year, 16.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 22% above the $53,500 median for the 240 Oklahoma cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 17.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Sterling town is valued at $120,800, 60.2% below the national figure and 4% below the $125,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $775 a month, 44.9% below the national figure, or roughly $9,300 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 72% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 730 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Sterling town against its county rather than against national figures.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Sterling town?: Sterling town has 730 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #303 of 846 in Oklahoma.
What is the median household income in Sterling town?: Median household income in Sterling town is $65,521 a year, 16.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sterling town?: Median gross rent is $775 a month and the median home value is $120,800, so rent absorbs about 14.2% of median household income.
Is Sterling town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sterling town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Sterling town 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.