Cantril vs Mount Sterling

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

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

Cantril has the higher population (307 vs 32 in Mount Sterling). Since 2019, Mount Sterling's population has grown faster (+45.5% vs -2.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Cantril	Mount Sterling
Population	307	32
Median age	52.3 yrs	—
Median household income	$37,500	—
Median home value	$76,200	—
Median gross rent	$1,025	—
Housing units	174	11
Homeownership rate	82.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	—

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cantril	Mount Sterling
Population	314 → 307 (-2.2%)	22 → 32 (+45.5%)
Median household income	$42,632 → $37,500 (-12.0%)	—
Median home value	$69,500 → $76,200 (+9.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,025 (-3.6%)	—

Cantril

Population

314307

Median household income

$42,632$37,500

Median home value

$69,500$76,200

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,025

Mount Sterling

Population

2232

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cantril	Mount Sterling
Under 5	13.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.3%	65.6%
65 to 74	14.3%	0.0%
75 and over	15.6%	34.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cantril	Mount Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cantril	Mount Sterling
No high school diploma	18.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.4%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cantril	Mount Sterling
Drove alone	91.5%	—
Carpooled	7.7%	—
Public transit	0.0%	—
Walked	0.8%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	0.0%	—
Other means	0.0%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cantril	Mount Sterling
1-unit, detached	90.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cantril	Mount Sterling
Poverty rate	8.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.07	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1972	—