Sterling vs Wales

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

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

Wales has the higher population (345 vs 303 in Sterling). Wales has the higher median household income ($75,625 vs $64,261 in Sterling). Wales has the higher median home value ($340,600 vs $221,900 in Sterling).

Population, income & housing

	Sterling	Wales
Population	303	345
Median age	37.7 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,261	$75,625
Median home value	$221,900	$340,600
Median gross rent	$950	$853
Housing units	106	114
Homeownership rate	82.8%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sterling	Wales
Population	259 → 303 (+17.0%)	341 → 345 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$66,406 → $64,261 (-3.2%)	$69,286 → $75,625 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$186,600 → $221,900 (+18.9%)	$211,100 → $340,600 (+61.3%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $950 (+14.0%)	$734 → $853 (+16.2%)

Sterling

Population

259303

Median household income

$66,406$64,261

Median home value

$186,600$221,900

Median gross rent

$833$950

Wales

Population

341345

Median household income

$69,286$75,625

Median home value

$211,100$340,600

Median gross rent

$734$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sterling	Wales
Under 5	12.5%	7.8%
5 to 17	21.5%	24.3%
18 to 24	3.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	16.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	6.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	5.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.9%
75 and over	5.9%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sterling	Wales
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	87.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sterling	Wales
No high school diploma	6.3%	8.3%
High school graduate	20.0%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	62.6%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sterling	Wales
Drove alone	90.3%	76.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	18.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sterling	Wales
1-unit, detached	82.1%	96.5%
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	17.9%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Sterling	Wales
Poverty rate	17.2%	6.4%
Average household size	3.26	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	13	26
Median year structure built	1975	1976