Mount Sterling vs Plain City

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

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

Plain City has the higher population (3,712 vs 1,740 in Mount Sterling). Plain City has the higher median household income ($87,018 vs $64,844 in Mount Sterling). Plain City has the higher median home value ($325,400 vs $159,100 in Mount Sterling).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Sterling	Plain City
Population	1,740	3,712
Median age	40.4 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,844	$87,018
Median home value	$159,100	$325,400
Median gross rent	$882	$1,044
Housing units	824	1,712
Homeownership rate	65.2%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Sterling	Plain City
Population	2,030 → 1,740 (-14.3%)	4,273 → 3,712 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$44,591 → $64,844 (+45.4%)	$78,774 → $87,018 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$116,300 → $159,100 (+36.8%)	$220,000 → $325,400 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $882 (+19.0%)	$921 → $1,044 (+13.4%)

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

Plain City

Population

4,2733,712

Median household income

$78,774$87,018

Median home value

$220,000$325,400

Median gross rent

$921$1,044

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Sterling	Plain City
Under 5	1.7%	8.6%
5 to 17	20.3%	14.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.2%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	7.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	14.5%	8.9%
75 and over	6.1%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Sterling	Plain City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	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	5.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Sterling	Plain City
No high school diploma	10.8%	4.9%
High school graduate	47.5%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Sterling	Plain City
Drove alone	84.3%	78.7%
Carpooled	9.4%	4.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	15.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Sterling	Plain City
1-unit, detached	71.6%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	8.2%
20 or more units	3.2%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Sterling	Plain City
Poverty rate	13.2%	6.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1964	1991