Ferryville vs Mount Sterling

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

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

Ferryville has the higher population (192 vs 182 in Mount Sterling). Ferryville has the higher median household income ($79,500 vs $43,438 in Mount Sterling). Ferryville has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $126,400 in Mount Sterling).

Population, income & housing

	Ferryville	Mount Sterling
Population	192	182
Median age	61.3 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$79,500	$43,438
Median home value	$218,800	$126,400
Median gross rent	$625	$685
Housing units	175	88
Homeownership rate	90.6%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferryville	Mount Sterling
Population	166 → 192 (+15.7%)	159 → 182 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$44,167 → $79,500 (+80.0%)	$30,000 → $43,438 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$168,100 → $218,800 (+30.2%)	$108,300 → $126,400 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $625 (+15.3%)	$572 → $685 (+19.8%)

Ferryville

Population

166192

Median household income

$44,167$79,500

Median home value

$168,100$218,800

Median gross rent

$542$625

Mount Sterling

Population

159182

Median household income

$30,000$43,438

Median home value

$108,300$126,400

Median gross rent

$572$685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferryville	Mount Sterling
Under 5	2.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	5.2%	23.6%
18 to 24	4.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	5.7%	7.1%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	17.7%	9.9%
65 to 74	20.3%	19.8%
75 and over	21.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferryville	Mount Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferryville	Mount Sterling
No high school diploma	8.2%	0.8%
High school graduate	22.4%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	45.3%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferryville	Mount Sterling
Drove alone	61.6%	75.0%
Carpooled	12.3%	8.3%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	11.1%
Other means	5.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferryville	Mount Sterling
1-unit, detached	88.0%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Ferryville	Mount Sterling
Poverty rate	9.9%	12.1%
Average household size	2.00	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	47	21
Median year structure built	1996	1954