Camargo vs Mount Sterling

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

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

Mount Sterling has the higher population (7,549 vs 858 in Camargo). Mount Sterling has the higher median household income ($50,843 vs $47,500 in Camargo). Mount Sterling has the higher median home value ($178,200 vs $131,900 in Camargo).

Population, income & housing

	Camargo	Mount Sterling
Population	858	7,549
Median age	40.6 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$50,843
Median home value	$131,900	$178,200
Median gross rent	$696	$564
Housing units	389	3,536
Homeownership rate	78.9%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camargo	Mount Sterling
Population	1,389 → 858 (-38.2%)	7,166 → 7,549 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$43,523 → $47,500 (+9.1%)	$42,460 → $50,843 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $131,900 (+57.4%)	$128,900 → $178,200 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$812 → $696 (-14.3%)	$684 → $564 (-17.5%)

Camargo

Population

1,389858

Median household income

$43,523$47,500

Median home value

$83,800$131,900

Median gross rent

$812$696

Mount Sterling

Population

7,1667,549

Median household income

$42,460$50,843

Median home value

$128,900$178,200

Median gross rent

$684$564

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camargo	Mount Sterling
Under 5	6.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	16.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	10.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.0%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.8%
75 and over	9.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camargo	Mount Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	92.7%
Black or African American	6.8%	4.8%
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	2.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camargo	Mount Sterling
No high school diploma	19.3%	13.7%
High school graduate	36.6%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camargo	Mount Sterling
Drove alone	84.3%	84.9%
Carpooled	11.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camargo	Mount Sterling
1-unit, detached	68.4%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	30.3%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Camargo	Mount Sterling
Poverty rate	25.0%	19.9%
Average household size	2.66	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1976	1972