Dock Junction vs Sterling

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

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

Dock Junction has the higher population (8,786 vs 1,849 in Sterling). Sterling has the higher median household income ($74,359 vs $48,600 in Dock Junction). Since 2019, Dock Junction's population has grown faster (+17.9% vs -3.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Dock Junction	Sterling
Population	8,786	1,849
Median age	37.3 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,600	$74,359
Median home value	$140,300	—
Median gross rent	$1,068	$828
Housing units	3,889	833
Homeownership rate	49.4%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dock Junction	Sterling
Population	7,454 → 8,786 (+17.9%)	1,909 → 1,849 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$43,994 → $48,600 (+10.5%)	$43,160 → $74,359 (+72.3%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $140,300 (+31.6%)	$67,000 → $69,200 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $1,068 (+25.5%)	$802 → $828 (+3.2%)

Dock Junction

Population

7,4548,786

Median household income

$43,994$48,600

Median home value

$106,600$140,300

Median gross rent

$851$1,068

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)

	Dock Junction	Sterling
Under 5	6.3%	14.4%
5 to 17	18.4%	11.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	2.5%
25 to 34	15.5%	20.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	16.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	9.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.0%
75 and over	8.4%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dock Junction	Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	45.2%	66.5%
Black or African American	24.5%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dock Junction	Sterling
No high school diploma	14.6%	10.9%
High school graduate	46.4%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dock Junction	Sterling
Drove alone	71.0%	77.7%
Carpooled	20.1%	1.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	20.8%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dock Junction	Sterling
1-unit, detached	56.4%	37.8%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	62.2%

Poverty & households

	Dock Junction	Sterling
Poverty rate	31.2%	16.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1979	1989