Mount Clemens vs Sterling Heights

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

Mount Clemens 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 15,567 in Mount Clemens). Sterling Heights has the higher median household income ($78,429 vs $57,663 in Mount Clemens). Sterling Heights has the higher median home value ($260,700 vs $169,000 in Mount Clemens).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Clemens	Sterling Heights
Population	15,567	133,473
Median age	42.4 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,663	$78,429
Median home value	$169,000	$260,700
Median gross rent	$899	$1,267
Housing units	7,087	53,255
Homeownership rate	61.5%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Clemens	Sterling Heights
Population	16,315 → 15,567 (-4.6%)	132,476 → 133,473 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$43,018 → $57,663 (+34.0%)	$64,833 → $78,429 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$103,100 → $169,000 (+63.9%)	$187,600 → $260,700 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $899 (+20.5%)	$1,025 → $1,267 (+23.6%)

Mount Clemens

Population

16,31515,567

Median household income

$43,018$57,663

Median home value

$103,100$169,000

Median gross rent

$746$899

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)

	Mount Clemens	Sterling Heights
Under 5	3.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	17.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	16.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.7%
75 and over	6.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Clemens	Sterling Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	78.2%
Black or African American	22.7%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	8.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Clemens	Sterling Heights
No high school diploma	11.5%	12.5%
High school graduate	33.0%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Clemens	Sterling Heights
Drove alone	80.8%	74.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.5%
Walked	2.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.5%	13.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Clemens	Sterling Heights
1-unit, detached	63.4%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	11.1%
20 or more units	6.8%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Mount Clemens	Sterling Heights
Poverty rate	14.3%	10.6%
Average household size	2.10	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1955	1977