Geneseo vs Sterling

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

Geneseo 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 224 in Geneseo). Sterling has the higher median household income ($51,304 vs $36,607 in Geneseo). Sterling has the higher median home value ($130,200 vs $42,400 in Geneseo).

Population, income & housing

	Geneseo	Sterling
Population	224	2,396
Median age	48.9 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$36,607	$51,304
Median home value	$42,400	$130,200
Median gross rent	$725	$618
Housing units	125	934
Homeownership rate	78.1%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Geneseo	Sterling
Population	264 → 224 (-15.2%)	2,596 → 2,396 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$36,339 → $36,607 (+0.7%)	$47,563 → $51,304 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$31,200 → $42,400 (+35.9%)	$83,400 → $130,200 (+56.1%)
Median gross rent	$426 → $725 (+70.2%)	$572 → $618 (+8.0%)

Geneseo

Population

264224

Median household income

$36,339$36,607

Median home value

$31,200$42,400

Median gross rent

$426$725

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)

	Geneseo	Sterling
Under 5	6.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	26.9%
25 to 34	8.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	6.9%
45 to 54	14.7%	9.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	7.7%
65 to 74	17.4%	9.8%
75 and over	9.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Geneseo	Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Geneseo	Sterling
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	36.0%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Geneseo	Sterling
Drove alone	88.9%	69.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.2%
Public transit	3.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	16.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	1.1%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Geneseo	Sterling
1-unit, detached	97.6%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Geneseo	Sterling
Poverty rate	15.2%	4.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1952	1955