Sterling Heights vs Warren

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

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

Warren has the higher population (138,128 vs 133,473 in Sterling Heights). Sterling Heights has the higher median household income ($78,429 vs $63,741 in Warren). Sterling Heights has the higher median home value ($260,700 vs $181,900 in Warren).

Population, income & housing

	Sterling Heights	Warren
Population	133,473	138,128
Median age	41.5 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,429	$63,741
Median home value	$260,700	$181,900
Median gross rent	$1,267	$1,184
Housing units	53,255	57,681
Homeownership rate	76.4%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sterling Heights	Warren
Population	132,476 → 133,473 (+0.8%)	134,797 → 138,128 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$64,833 → $78,429 (+21.0%)	$49,619 → $63,741 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$187,600 → $260,700 (+39.0%)	$122,300 → $181,900 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,025 → $1,267 (+23.6%)	$939 → $1,184 (+26.1%)

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

Warren

Population

134,797138,128

Median household income

$49,619$63,741

Median home value

$122,300$181,900

Median gross rent

$939$1,184

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sterling Heights	Warren
Under 5	5.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.6%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.8%	16.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.0%
75 and over	7.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sterling Heights	Warren
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	59.8%
Black or African American	6.5%	20.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	8.9%	11.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sterling Heights	Warren
No high school diploma	12.5%	13.8%
High school graduate	27.7%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sterling Heights	Warren
Drove alone	74.7%	76.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	10.3%
Public transit	0.5%	1.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.8%	10.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sterling Heights	Warren
1-unit, detached	67.5%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	7.2%
20 or more units	5.8%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Sterling Heights	Warren
Poverty rate	10.6%	12.8%
Average household size	2.58	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1977	1965