Au Gres vs Sterling

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

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

Au Gres has the higher population (982 vs 439 in Sterling). Au Gres has the higher median household income ($65,852 vs $58,750 in Sterling). Au Gres has the higher median home value ($154,300 vs $84,700 in Sterling).

Population, income & housing

	Au Gres	Sterling
Population	982	439
Median age	55.3 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,852	$58,750
Median home value	$154,300	$84,700
Median gross rent	$638	$771
Housing units	681	185
Homeownership rate	73.3%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	19.4%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Au Gres	Sterling
Population	808 → 982 (+21.5%)	538 → 439 (-18.4%)
Median household income	$30,938 → $65,852 (+112.9%)	$38,750 → $58,750 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$90,500 → $154,300 (+70.5%)	$67,300 → $84,700 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$344 → $638 (+85.5%)	$677 → $771 (+13.9%)

Au Gres

Population

808982

Median household income

$30,938$65,852

Median home value

$90,500$154,300

Median gross rent

$344$638

Sterling

Population

538439

Median household income

$38,750$58,750

Median home value

$67,300$84,700

Median gross rent

$677$771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Au Gres	Sterling
Under 5	0.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	4.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	8.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	27.7%	12.8%
75 and over	7.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Au Gres	Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	94.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Au Gres	Sterling
No high school diploma	10.7%	9.1%
High school graduate	35.8%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Au Gres	Sterling
Drove alone	75.9%	85.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	7.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Au Gres	Sterling
1-unit, detached	57.3%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Au Gres	Sterling
Poverty rate	18.8%	8.2%
Average household size	2.04	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1980	1958