Standish vs Sterling

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

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

Standish has the higher population (1,616 vs 439 in Sterling). Sterling has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $35,114 in Standish). Standish has the higher median home value ($86,000 vs $84,700 in Sterling).

Population, income & housing

	Standish	Sterling
Population	1,616	439
Median age	38.0 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$35,114	$58,750
Median home value	$86,000	$84,700
Median gross rent	$633	$771
Housing units	763	185
Homeownership rate	53.7%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Standish	Sterling
Population	1,421 → 1,616 (+13.7%)	538 → 439 (-18.4%)
Median household income	$32,446 → $35,114 (+8.2%)	$38,750 → $58,750 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $86,000 (+16.5%)	$67,300 → $84,700 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$391 → $633 (+61.9%)	$677 → $771 (+13.9%)

Standish

Population

1,4211,616

Median household income

$32,446$35,114

Median home value

$73,800$86,000

Median gross rent

$391$633

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)

	Standish	Sterling
Under 5	3.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	13.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	12.8%
75 and over	11.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Standish	Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Standish	Sterling
No high school diploma	15.2%	9.1%
High school graduate	39.5%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Standish	Sterling
Drove alone	80.0%	85.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.5%
Public transit	1.3%	1.0%
Walked	3.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Standish	Sterling
1-unit, detached	54.7%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Standish	Sterling
Poverty rate	22.5%	8.2%
Average household size	2.19	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1972	1958