St. Simons vs Sterling

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

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

St. Simons has the higher population (16,026 vs 1,849 in Sterling). St. Simons has the higher median household income ($105,944 vs $74,359 in Sterling). Since 2019, St. Simons's population has grown faster (+8.4% vs -3.1%).

Population, income & housing

	St. Simons	Sterling
Population	16,026	1,849
Median age	59.0 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$105,944	$74,359
Median home value	$484,100	—
Median gross rent	$1,626	$828
Housing units	11,243	833
Homeownership rate	86.6%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Simons	Sterling
Population	14,778 → 16,026 (+8.4%)	1,909 → 1,849 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$87,248 → $105,944 (+21.4%)	$43,160 → $74,359 (+72.3%)
Median home value	$371,800 → $484,100 (+30.2%)	$67,000 → $69,200 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,309 → $1,626 (+24.2%)	$802 → $828 (+3.2%)

St. Simons

Population

14,77816,026

Median household income

$87,248$105,944

Median home value

$371,800$484,100

Median gross rent

$1,309$1,626

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)

	St. Simons	Sterling
Under 5	4.4%	14.4%
5 to 17	9.3%	11.4%
18 to 24	4.0%	2.5%
25 to 34	7.0%	20.7%
35 to 44	8.8%	16.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	17.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	23.7%	8.0%
75 and over	14.3%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Simons	Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	66.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Simons	Sterling
No high school diploma	3.8%	10.9%
High school graduate	14.2%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Simons	Sterling
Drove alone	74.0%	77.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	1.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	20.8%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Simons	Sterling
1-unit, detached	64.0%	37.8%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	62.2%

Poverty & households

	St. Simons	Sterling
Poverty rate	4.3%	16.5%
Average household size	2.12	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1988	1989