Iliff vs Sterling

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

Iliff 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 276 in Iliff). Iliff has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $44,242 in Sterling). Sterling has the higher median home value ($205,200 vs $154,300 in Iliff).

Population, income & housing

	Iliff	Sterling
Population	276	13,273
Median age	41.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$44,242
Median home value	$154,300	$205,200
Median gross rent	$1,104	$1,052
Housing units	143	5,298
Homeownership rate	78.1%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iliff	Sterling
Population	318 → 276 (-13.2%)	14,478 → 13,273 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$40,909 → $73,750 (+80.3%)	$45,647 → $44,242 (-3.1%)
Median home value	$84,600 → $154,300 (+82.4%)	$136,800 → $205,200 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $1,104 (+50.8%)	$786 → $1,052 (+33.8%)

Iliff

Population

318276

Median household income

$40,909$73,750

Median home value

$84,600$154,300

Median gross rent

$732$1,104

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)

	Iliff	Sterling
Under 5	0.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	21.4%	10.5%
25 to 34	3.3%	17.4%
35 to 44	15.9%	15.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.9%
55 to 64	15.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	5.1%	10.3%
75 and over	6.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iliff	Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	70.6%
Black or African American	2.9%	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	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iliff	Sterling
No high school diploma	15.9%	14.0%
High school graduate	40.9%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iliff	Sterling
Drove alone	87.2%	71.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	12.8%
Public transit	3.5%	3.4%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iliff	Sterling
1-unit, detached	56.6%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	42.7%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Iliff	Sterling
Poverty rate	7.2%	15.2%
Average household size	2.16	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	23	13
Median year structure built	1977	1960