Atwood vs Sterling

A side-by-side comparison of Atwood and Sterling: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sterling has the higher population (13,273 vs 188 in Atwood). Atwood has the higher median household income ($58,816 vs $44,242 in Sterling). Since 2019, Atwood's population has grown faster (-2.6% vs -8.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Atwood	Sterling
Population	188	13,273
Median age	41.6 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,816	$44,242
Median home value	—	$205,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,052
Housing units	72	5,298
Homeownership rate	100.0%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	20.3%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atwood	Sterling
Population	193 → 188 (-2.6%)	14,478 → 13,273 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $58,816 (+21.7%)	$45,647 → $44,242 (-3.1%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $175,600 (+51.9%)	$136,800 → $205,200 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$786 → $1,052 (+33.8%)

Atwood

Population

193188

Median household income

$48,333$58,816

Median home value

$115,600$175,600

Sterling

Population

14,47813,273

Median household income

$45,647$44,242

Median home value

$136,800$205,200

Median gross rent

$786$1,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atwood	Sterling
Under 5	2.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	12.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	28.7%	17.4%
35 to 44	21.8%	15.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	8.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.3%
75 and over	13.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atwood	Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	70.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atwood	Sterling
No high school diploma	15.1%	14.0%
High school graduate	54.1%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atwood	Sterling
Drove alone	88.3%	71.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.7%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atwood	Sterling
1-unit, detached	100.0%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Atwood	Sterling
Poverty rate	11.7%	15.2%
Average household size	2.61	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	—	13
Median year structure built	1938	1960