Brunswick vs Sterling

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

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

Brunswick has the higher population (15,248 vs 1,849 in Sterling). Sterling has the higher median household income ($74,359 vs $34,021 in Brunswick). Since 2019, Sterling's population has grown faster (-3.1% vs -5.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Brunswick	Sterling
Population	15,248	1,849
Median age	36.4 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$34,021	$74,359
Median home value	$128,300	—
Median gross rent	$876	$828
Housing units	7,260	833
Homeownership rate	40.2%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brunswick	Sterling
Population	16,122 → 15,248 (-5.4%)	1,909 → 1,849 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$28,032 → $34,021 (+21.4%)	$43,160 → $74,359 (+72.3%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $128,300 (+18.1%)	$67,000 → $69,200 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $876 (+20.2%)	$802 → $828 (+3.2%)

Brunswick

Population

16,12215,248

Median household income

$28,032$34,021

Median home value

$108,600$128,300

Median gross rent

$729$876

Sterling

Population

1,9091,849

Median household income

$43,160$74,359

Median home value

$67,000$69,200

Median gross rent

$802$828

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brunswick	Sterling
Under 5	6.4%	14.4%
5 to 17	18.0%	11.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	2.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	20.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	16.4%
45 to 54	8.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.0%
75 and over	8.2%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brunswick	Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	28.4%	66.5%
Black or African American	61.4%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brunswick	Sterling
No high school diploma	15.6%	10.9%
High school graduate	39.1%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brunswick	Sterling
Drove alone	76.3%	77.7%
Carpooled	15.2%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	20.8%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brunswick	Sterling
1-unit, detached	66.1%	37.8%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	62.2%

Poverty & households

	Brunswick	Sterling
Poverty rate	29.2%	16.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1962	1989