Acres Green vs Sterling Ranch

A side-by-side comparison of Acres Green and Sterling Ranch: population, income, housing, and more.

Acres Green and Sterling Ranch are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Acres Green has the higher population (2,709 vs 2,530 in Sterling Ranch). Sterling Ranch has the higher median household income ($198,750 vs $115,536 in Acres Green). Sterling Ranch has the higher median home value ($794,800 vs $540,000 in Acres Green).

Population, income & housing

	Acres Green	Sterling Ranch
Population	2,709	2,530
Median age	40.2 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$115,536	$198,750
Median home value	$540,000	$794,800
Median gross rent	$2,663	—
Housing units	1,068	923
Homeownership rate	77.4%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	77.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acres Green	Sterling Ranch
Population	3,100 → 2,709 (-12.6%)	521 → 2,530 (+385.6%)
Median household income	$99,899 → $115,536 (+15.7%)	$200,972 → $198,750 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$351,000 → $540,000 (+53.8%)	$639,600 → $794,800 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,258 → $2,663 (+17.9%)	—

Acres Green

Population

3,1002,709

Median household income

$99,899$115,536

Median home value

$351,000$540,000

Median gross rent

$2,258$2,663

Sterling Ranch

Population

5212,530

Median household income

$200,972$198,750

Median home value

$639,600$794,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acres Green	Sterling Ranch
Under 5	6.4%	10.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	2.5%
25 to 34	13.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	17.4%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.8%	7.9%
75 and over	2.2%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acres Green	Sterling Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	76.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acres Green	Sterling Ranch
No high school diploma	1.5%	2.7%
High school graduate	18.6%	4.4%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	42.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	35.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acres Green	Sterling Ranch
Drove alone	54.5%	53.1%
Carpooled	7.9%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.8%	39.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acres Green	Sterling Ranch
1-unit, detached	99.4%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Acres Green	Sterling Ranch
Poverty rate	15.2%	1.9%
Average household size	2.56	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1975	2017