Jekyll Island vs Sterling

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

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

Sterling has the higher population (1,849 vs 1,078 in Jekyll Island). Jekyll Island has the higher median household income ($76,445 vs $74,359 in Sterling).

Population, income & housing

	Jekyll Island	Sterling
Population	1,078	1,849
Median age	60.4 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,445	$74,359
Median home value	$522,100	—
Median gross rent	$1,467	$828
Housing units	1,434	833
Homeownership rate	81.8%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.4%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jekyll Island	Sterling
Population	1,116 → 1,078 (-3.4%)	1,909 → 1,849 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$59,820 → $76,445 (+27.8%)	$43,160 → $74,359 (+72.3%)
Median home value	$421,400 → $522,100 (+23.9%)	$67,000 → $69,200 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,142 → $1,467 (+28.5%)	$802 → $828 (+3.2%)

Jekyll Island

Population

1,1161,078

Median household income

$59,820$76,445

Median home value

$421,400$522,100

Median gross rent

$1,142$1,467

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)

	Jekyll Island	Sterling
Under 5	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.5%
25 to 34	9.5%	20.7%
35 to 44	7.4%	16.4%
45 to 54	25.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	20.0%	8.0%
75 and over	24.1%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jekyll Island	Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	66.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jekyll Island	Sterling
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.9%
High school graduate	18.9%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	35.9%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jekyll Island	Sterling
Drove alone	85.5%	77.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	20.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jekyll Island	Sterling
1-unit, detached	52.4%	37.8%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	34.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	62.2%

Poverty & households

	Jekyll Island	Sterling
Poverty rate	7.4%	16.5%
Average household size	1.64	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1967	1989