Chase vs Sterling

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

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

Sterling has the higher population (2,396 vs 447 in Chase). Chase has the higher median household income ($57,143 vs $51,304 in Sterling). Sterling has the higher median home value ($130,200 vs $80,100 in Chase).

Population, income & housing

	Chase	Sterling
Population	447	2,396
Median age	46.1 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,143	$51,304
Median home value	$80,100	$130,200
Median gross rent	$683	$618
Housing units	233	934
Homeownership rate	67.5%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chase	Sterling
Population	401 → 447 (+11.5%)	2,596 → 2,396 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$45,521 → $57,143 (+25.5%)	$47,563 → $51,304 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$27,100 → $80,100 (+195.6%)	$83,400 → $130,200 (+56.1%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $683 (+17.2%)	$572 → $618 (+8.0%)

Chase

Population

401447

Median household income

$45,521$57,143

Median home value

$27,100$80,100

Median gross rent

$583$683

Sterling

Population

2,5962,396

Median household income

$47,563$51,304

Median home value

$83,400$130,200

Median gross rent

$572$618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chase	Sterling
Under 5	4.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	20.6%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	26.9%
25 to 34	3.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.9%	6.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	19.9%	7.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.8%
75 and over	10.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chase	Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	85.3%
Black or African American	1.8%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chase	Sterling
No high school diploma	13.2%	3.4%
High school graduate	28.4%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	47.2%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chase	Sterling
Drove alone	47.4%	69.2%
Carpooled	32.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	16.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	11.0%	6.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chase	Sterling
1-unit, detached	92.7%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Chase	Sterling
Poverty rate	13.2%	4.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1963	1955