Cache vs Sterling

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

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

Cache has the higher population (3,045 vs 730 in Sterling). Sterling has the higher median household income ($65,521 vs $61,554 in Cache). Cache has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $120,800 in Sterling).

Population, income & housing

	Cache	Sterling
Population	3,045	730
Median age	36.9 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,554	$65,521
Median home value	$159,700	$120,800
Median gross rent	$813	$775
Housing units	1,377	326
Homeownership rate	70.4%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cache	Sterling
Population	2,842 → 3,045 (+7.1%)	637 → 730 (+14.6%)
Median household income	$65,147 → $61,554 (-5.5%)	$43,750 → $65,521 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$133,100 → $159,700 (+20.0%)	$79,500 → $120,800 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $813 (+12.1%)	$500 → $775 (+55.0%)

Cache

Population

2,8423,045

Median household income

$65,147$61,554

Median home value

$133,100$159,700

Median gross rent

$725$813

Sterling

Population

637730

Median household income

$43,750$65,521

Median home value

$79,500$120,800

Median gross rent

$500$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cache	Sterling
Under 5	5.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	20.2%	26.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	2.3%
25 to 34	14.4%	17.5%
35 to 44	13.1%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	17.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	6.7%
75 and over	5.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cache	Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	63.8%	86.4%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.1%	1.2%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cache	Sterling
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.7%
High school graduate	35.4%	59.1%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cache	Sterling
Drove alone	82.9%	93.7%
Carpooled	12.5%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	2.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cache	Sterling
1-unit, detached	79.7%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Cache	Sterling
Poverty rate	15.4%	17.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1985	1973