Sterling vs Turner

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

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

Sterling has the higher population (439 vs 88 in Turner). Since 2019, Sterling's population has grown faster (-18.4% vs -43.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Sterling	Turner
Population	439	88
Median age	45.1 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	—
Median home value	$84,700	—
Median gross rent	$771	—
Housing units	185	66
Homeownership rate	84.7%	97.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sterling	Turner
Population	538 → 439 (-18.4%)	156 → 88 (-43.6%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $58,750 (+51.6%)	$31,875 → $41,250 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$67,300 → $84,700 (+25.9%)	$50,900 → $37,500 (-26.3%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $771 (+13.9%)	—

Sterling

Population

538439

Median household income

$38,750$58,750

Median home value

$67,300$84,700

Median gross rent

$677$771

Turner

Population

15688

Median household income

$31,875$41,250

Median home value

$50,900$37,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sterling	Turner
Under 5	3.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	22.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.1%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	6.8%
45 to 54	14.4%	21.6%
55 to 64	15.3%	2.3%
65 to 74	12.8%	25.0%
75 and over	7.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sterling	Turner
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	63.6%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	21.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sterling	Turner
No high school diploma	9.1%	34.4%
High school graduate	45.9%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sterling	Turner
Drove alone	85.0%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	0.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	20.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sterling	Turner
1-unit, detached	85.9%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Sterling	Turner
Poverty rate	8.2%	28.4%
Average household size	2.72	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1958	1958