Choctaw Lake vs Mount Sterling

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

Choctaw Lake and Mount Sterling are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Choctaw Lake has the higher population (2,145 vs 1,740 in Mount Sterling). Choctaw Lake has the higher median household income ($146,850 vs $64,844 in Mount Sterling). Choctaw Lake has the higher median home value ($338,700 vs $159,100 in Mount Sterling).

Population, income & housing

	Choctaw Lake	Mount Sterling
Population	2,145	1,740
Median age	41.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$146,850	$64,844
Median home value	$338,700	$159,100
Median gross rent	—	$882
Housing units	811	824
Homeownership rate	93.2%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Choctaw Lake	Mount Sterling
Population	1,999 → 2,145 (+7.3%)	2,030 → 1,740 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$112,500 → $146,850 (+30.5%)	$44,591 → $64,844 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$253,500 → $338,700 (+33.6%)	$116,300 → $159,100 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$741 → $882 (+19.0%)

Choctaw Lake

Population

1,9992,145

Median household income

$112,500$146,850

Median home value

$253,500$338,700

Mount Sterling

Population

2,0301,740

Median household income

$44,591$64,844

Median home value

$116,300$159,100

Median gross rent

$741$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Choctaw Lake	Mount Sterling
Under 5	2.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	20.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	14.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	16.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	14.5%
75 and over	2.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Choctaw Lake	Mount Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	93.3%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.1%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Choctaw Lake	Mount Sterling
No high school diploma	4.3%	10.8%
High school graduate	20.4%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Choctaw Lake	Mount Sterling
Drove alone	81.3%	84.3%
Carpooled	5.8%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Choctaw Lake	Mount Sterling
1-unit, detached	100.0%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Choctaw Lake	Mount Sterling
Poverty rate	5.7%	13.2%
Average household size	3.04	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1978	1964