Mayfield vs Sterling

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

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

Mayfield has the higher population (424 vs 303 in Sterling). Mayfield has the higher median household income ($82,083 vs $64,261 in Sterling). Mayfield has the higher median home value ($283,000 vs $221,900 in Sterling).

Population, income & housing

	Mayfield	Sterling
Population	424	303
Median age	48.0 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,083	$64,261
Median home value	$283,000	$221,900
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	193	106
Homeownership rate	91.6%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mayfield	Sterling
Population	392 → 424 (+8.2%)	259 → 303 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $82,083 (+41.2%)	$66,406 → $64,261 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$169,400 → $283,000 (+67.1%)	$186,600 → $221,900 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,022 → $1,063 (+4.0%)	$833 → $950 (+14.0%)

Mayfield

Population

392424

Median household income

$58,125$82,083

Median home value

$169,400$283,000

Median gross rent

$1,022$1,063

Sterling

Population

259303

Median household income

$66,406$64,261

Median home value

$186,600$221,900

Median gross rent

$833$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mayfield	Sterling
Under 5	5.9%	12.5%
5 to 17	21.0%	21.5%
18 to 24	2.8%	3.3%
25 to 34	5.4%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	17.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	13.7%	12.5%
75 and over	10.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mayfield	Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mayfield	Sterling
No high school diploma	3.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	30.9%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mayfield	Sterling
Drove alone	77.2%	90.3%
Carpooled	12.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mayfield	Sterling
1-unit, detached	100.0%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Mayfield	Sterling
Poverty rate	20.8%	17.2%
Average household size	2.97	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	13
Median year structure built	1974	1975