Spring City vs Sterling

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

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

Spring City has the higher population (1,094 vs 303 in Sterling). Spring City has the higher median household income ($65,139 vs $64,261 in Sterling). Spring City has the higher median home value ($294,000 vs $221,900 in Sterling).

Population, income & housing

	Spring City	Sterling
Population	1,094	303
Median age	47.3 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,139	$64,261
Median home value	$294,000	$221,900
Median gross rent	$842	$950
Housing units	456	106
Homeownership rate	86.3%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring City	Sterling
Population	1,178 → 1,094 (-7.1%)	259 → 303 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$52,563 → $65,139 (+23.9%)	$66,406 → $64,261 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$198,000 → $294,000 (+48.5%)	$186,600 → $221,900 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $842 (-4.4%)	$833 → $950 (+14.0%)

Spring City

Population

1,1781,094

Median household income

$52,563$65,139

Median home value

$198,000$294,000

Median gross rent

$881$842

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)

	Spring City	Sterling
Under 5	5.6%	12.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	21.5%
18 to 24	10.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	5.5%	7.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	16.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.5%
75 and over	14.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring City	Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring City	Sterling
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	28.9%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring City	Sterling
Drove alone	79.6%	90.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	9.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring City	Sterling
1-unit, detached	90.4%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Spring City	Sterling
Poverty rate	9.0%	17.2%
Average household size	2.73	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	21	13
Median year structure built	1961	1975