Medicine Park vs Sterling

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

Medicine Park 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 344 in Medicine Park). Medicine Park has the higher median household income ($106,750 vs $65,521 in Sterling). Medicine Park has the higher median home value ($326,800 vs $120,800 in Sterling).

Population, income & housing

	Medicine Park	Sterling
Population	344	730
Median age	49.0 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$106,750	$65,521
Median home value	$326,800	$120,800
Median gross rent	$1,188	$775
Housing units	265	326
Homeownership rate	88.3%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Medicine Park	Sterling
Population	299 → 344 (+15.1%)	637 → 730 (+14.6%)
Median household income	$53,438 → $106,750 (+99.8%)	$43,750 → $65,521 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$226,200 → $326,800 (+44.5%)	$79,500 → $120,800 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,188 (+21.8%)	$500 → $775 (+55.0%)

Medicine Park

Population

299344

Median household income

$53,438$106,750

Median home value

$226,200$326,800

Median gross rent

$975$1,188

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)

	Medicine Park	Sterling
Under 5	4.1%	2.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	26.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	17.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	25.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	18.3%	17.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	6.7%
75 and over	7.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Medicine Park	Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Medicine Park	Sterling
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	19.9%	59.1%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Medicine Park	Sterling
Drove alone	86.3%	93.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	2.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Medicine Park	Sterling
1-unit, detached	95.1%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Medicine Park	Sterling
Poverty rate	6.7%	17.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	2004	1973