Crab Orchard vs Sterling

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

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

Sterling has the higher population (685 vs 23 in Crab Orchard). Sterling has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $43,750 in Crab Orchard). Sterling has the higher median home value ($120,700 vs $40,000 in Crab Orchard).

Population, income & housing

	Crab Orchard	Sterling
Population	23	685
Median age	38.9 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$72,083
Median home value	$40,000	$120,700
Median gross rent	—	$793
Housing units	21	278
Homeownership rate	72.7%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crab Orchard	Sterling
Population	46 → 23 (-50.0%)	456 → 685 (+50.2%)
Median household income	$54,750 → $43,750 (-20.1%)	$58,472 → $72,083 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $40,000 (+300.0%)	$76,200 → $120,700 (+58.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$663 → $793 (+19.6%)

Crab Orchard

Population

4623

Median household income

$54,750$43,750

Median home value

$9,999$40,000

Sterling

Population

456685

Median household income

$58,472$72,083

Median home value

$76,200$120,700

Median gross rent

$663$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crab Orchard	Sterling
Under 5	0.0%	11.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	17.4%	10.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	34.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	43.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.7%
75 and over	4.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crab Orchard	Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crab Orchard	Sterling
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	52.6%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	5.3%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	42.1%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crab Orchard	Sterling
Drove alone	33.3%	71.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	66.7%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crab Orchard	Sterling
1-unit, detached	95.2%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Crab Orchard	Sterling
Poverty rate	13.0%	11.5%
Average household size	2.09	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938