Eastpointe vs Sterling Heights

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

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

Sterling Heights has the higher population (133,473 vs 34,003 in Eastpointe). Sterling Heights has the higher median household income ($78,429 vs $58,196 in Eastpointe). Sterling Heights has the higher median home value ($260,700 vs $129,100 in Eastpointe).

Population, income & housing

	Eastpointe	Sterling Heights
Population	34,003	133,473
Median age	36.4 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,196	$78,429
Median home value	$129,100	$260,700
Median gross rent	$1,335	$1,267
Housing units	14,124	53,255
Homeownership rate	68.9%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastpointe	Sterling Heights
Population	32,443 → 34,003 (+4.8%)	132,476 → 133,473 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$49,849 → $58,196 (+16.7%)	$64,833 → $78,429 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$77,200 → $129,100 (+67.2%)	$187,600 → $260,700 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,095 → $1,335 (+21.9%)	$1,025 → $1,267 (+23.6%)

Eastpointe

Population

32,44334,003

Median household income

$49,849$58,196

Median home value

$77,200$129,100

Median gross rent

$1,095$1,335

Sterling Heights

Population

132,476133,473

Median household income

$64,833$78,429

Median home value

$187,600$260,700

Median gross rent

$1,025$1,267

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastpointe	Sterling Heights
Under 5	5.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.7%
75 and over	4.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastpointe	Sterling Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	38.5%	78.2%
Black or African American	53.0%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastpointe	Sterling Heights
No high school diploma	11.3%	12.5%
High school graduate	34.4%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastpointe	Sterling Heights
Drove alone	75.5%	74.7%
Carpooled	9.2%	9.3%
Public transit	1.1%	0.5%
Walked	3.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.3%	13.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastpointe	Sterling Heights
1-unit, detached	90.5%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	11.1%
20 or more units	1.7%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Eastpointe	Sterling Heights
Poverty rate	18.2%	10.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1954	1977