Mount Sterling vs Plumwood

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

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

Mount Sterling has the higher population (1,740 vs 289 in Plumwood). Plumwood has the higher median household income ($86,638 vs $64,844 in Mount Sterling). Plumwood has the higher median home value ($304,800 vs $159,100 in Mount Sterling).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Sterling	Plumwood
Population	1,740	289
Median age	40.4 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,844	$86,638
Median home value	$159,100	$304,800
Median gross rent	$882	—
Housing units	824	88
Homeownership rate	65.2%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	22.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Sterling	Plumwood
Population	2,030 → 1,740 (-14.3%)	307 → 289 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$44,591 → $64,844 (+45.4%)	$38,542 → $86,638 (+124.8%)
Median home value	$116,300 → $159,100 (+36.8%)	$146,300 → $304,800 (+108.3%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $882 (+19.0%)	$1,355 → $1,680 (+24.0%)

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

Plumwood

Population

307289

Median household income

$38,542$86,638

Median home value

$146,300$304,800

Median gross rent

$1,355$1,680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Sterling	Plumwood
Under 5	1.7%	15.6%
5 to 17	20.3%	6.6%
18 to 24	4.3%	3.1%
25 to 34	14.2%	18.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	17.0%
45 to 54	14.1%	27.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	4.5%
65 to 74	14.5%	2.4%
75 and over	6.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Sterling	Plumwood
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	91.3%
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%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Sterling	Plumwood
No high school diploma	10.8%	26.4%
High school graduate	47.5%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Sterling	Plumwood
Drove alone	84.3%	91.8%
Carpooled	9.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Sterling	Plumwood
1-unit, detached	71.6%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Mount Sterling	Plumwood
Poverty rate	13.2%	4.5%
Average household size	2.43	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1964	1981