Chattanooga vs Sterling

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

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

Sterling has the higher population (730 vs 398 in Chattanooga). Sterling has the higher median household income ($65,521 vs $52,321 in Chattanooga). Sterling has the higher median home value ($120,800 vs $109,400 in Chattanooga).

Population, income & housing

	Chattanooga	Sterling
Population	398	730
Median age	31.7 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,321	$65,521
Median home value	$109,400	$120,800
Median gross rent	$754	$775
Housing units	166	326
Homeownership rate	72.6%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chattanooga	Sterling
Population	460 → 398 (-13.5%)	637 → 730 (+14.6%)
Median household income	$45,694 → $52,321 (+14.5%)	$43,750 → $65,521 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $109,400 (+40.1%)	$79,500 → $120,800 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $754 (-28.5%)	$500 → $775 (+55.0%)

Chattanooga

Population

460398

Median household income

$45,694$52,321

Median home value

$78,100$109,400

Median gross rent

$1,054$754

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)

	Chattanooga	Sterling
Under 5	16.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	26.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	2.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	17.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.5%
45 to 54	9.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	17.0%
65 to 74	5.8%	6.7%
75 and over	6.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chattanooga	Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.5%	1.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chattanooga	Sterling
No high school diploma	10.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	32.9%	59.1%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chattanooga	Sterling
Drove alone	76.0%	93.7%
Carpooled	13.7%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chattanooga	Sterling
1-unit, detached	77.1%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.7%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Chattanooga	Sterling
Poverty rate	15.1%	17.1%
Average household size	2.95	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1973	1973