Elgin vs Sterling

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

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

Elgin has the higher population (3,560 vs 730 in Sterling). Elgin has the higher median household income ($81,739 vs $65,521 in Sterling). Elgin has the higher median home value ($243,600 vs $120,800 in Sterling).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Sterling
Population	3,560	730
Median age	32.3 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,739	$65,521
Median home value	$243,600	$120,800
Median gross rent	$1,206	$775
Housing units	1,294	326
Homeownership rate	73.4%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Sterling
Population	3,089 → 3,560 (+15.2%)	637 → 730 (+14.6%)
Median household income	$70,841 → $81,739 (+15.4%)	$43,750 → $65,521 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$177,100 → $243,600 (+37.5%)	$79,500 → $120,800 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,533 → $1,206 (-21.3%)	$500 → $775 (+55.0%)

Elgin

Population

3,0893,560

Median household income

$70,841$81,739

Median home value

$177,100$243,600

Median gross rent

$1,533$1,206

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)

	Elgin	Sterling
Under 5	9.1%	2.2%
5 to 17	23.8%	26.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	2.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	17.5%
35 to 44	16.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	8.1%	17.0%
65 to 74	6.6%	6.7%
75 and over	3.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	65.6%	86.4%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	1.2%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Sterling
No high school diploma	7.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	21.0%	59.1%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Sterling
Drove alone	80.1%	93.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	2.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Sterling
1-unit, detached	82.4%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Sterling
Poverty rate	9.5%	17.1%
Average household size	2.92	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	2008	1973