Sterling vs Stone Ridge

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

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

Sterling has the higher population (31,251 vs 16,340 in Stone Ridge). Stone Ridge has the higher median household income ($183,211 vs $125,753 in Sterling). Stone Ridge has the higher median home value ($666,300 vs $508,400 in Sterling).

Population, income & housing

	Sterling	Stone Ridge
Population	31,251	16,340
Median age	34.8 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$125,753	$183,211
Median home value	$508,400	$666,300
Median gross rent	$1,979	$2,761
Housing units	10,017	4,978
Homeownership rate	75.3%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	69.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sterling	Stone Ridge
Population	30,271 → 31,251 (+3.2%)	14,220 → 16,340 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$97,647 → $125,753 (+28.8%)	$153,628 → $183,211 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$359,000 → $508,400 (+41.6%)	$473,800 → $666,300 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,812 → $1,979 (+9.2%)	$2,592 → $2,761 (+6.5%)

Sterling

Population

30,27131,251

Median household income

$97,647$125,753

Median home value

$359,000$508,400

Median gross rent

$1,812$1,979

Stone Ridge

Population

14,22016,340

Median household income

$153,628$183,211

Median home value

$473,800$666,300

Median gross rent

$2,592$2,761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sterling	Stone Ridge
Under 5	7.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	25.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	16.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	17.1%	24.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	10.6%	8.1%
65 to 74	6.4%	3.9%
75 and over	3.8%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sterling	Stone Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	41.5%
Black or African American	6.3%	14.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	13.5%	31.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	49.9%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sterling	Stone Ridge
No high school diploma	20.9%	2.3%
High school graduate	19.8%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	39.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	30.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sterling	Stone Ridge
Drove alone	66.8%	60.2%
Carpooled	17.1%	8.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	26.8%
Other means	1.4%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sterling	Stone Ridge
1-unit, detached	51.0%	39.8%
1-unit, attached	29.0%	50.7%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	6.5%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sterling	Stone Ridge
Poverty rate	6.8%	1.6%
Average household size	3.22	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1981	2008