Fredericksburg vs Sterling

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

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

Fredericksburg has the higher population (425 vs 236 in Sterling). Fredericksburg has the higher median household income ($75,547 vs $53,558 in Sterling). Fredericksburg has the higher median home value ($145,300 vs $117,400 in Sterling).

Population, income & housing

	Fredericksburg	Sterling
Population	425	236
Median age	32.7 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,547	$53,558
Median home value	$145,300	$117,400
Median gross rent	$994	—
Housing units	179	132
Homeownership rate	74.5%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredericksburg	Sterling
Population	350 → 425 (+21.4%)	367 → 236 (-35.7%)
Median household income	$60,083 → $75,547 (+25.7%)	$62,723 → $53,558 (-14.6%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $145,300 (+36.7%)	$113,200 → $117,400 (+3.7%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $994 (+38.6%)	$541 → $675 (+24.8%)

Fredericksburg

Population

350425

Median household income

$60,083$75,547

Median home value

$106,300$145,300

Median gross rent

$717$994

Sterling

Population

367236

Median household income

$62,723$53,558

Median home value

$113,200$117,400

Median gross rent

$541$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fredericksburg	Sterling
Under 5	4.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	25.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	2.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	17.4%
35 to 44	17.6%	8.5%
45 to 54	7.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	8.7%	27.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.1%
75 and over	7.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredericksburg	Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredericksburg	Sterling
No high school diploma	18.8%	11.0%
High school graduate	44.6%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredericksburg	Sterling
Drove alone	84.2%	71.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	8.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredericksburg	Sterling
1-unit, detached	83.2%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Fredericksburg	Sterling
Poverty rate	4.0%	3.0%
Average household size	2.84	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938