Lynxville vs Mount Sterling

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

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

Mount Sterling has the higher population (182 vs 115 in Lynxville). Lynxville has the higher median household income ($64,375 vs $43,438 in Mount Sterling). Lynxville has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $126,400 in Mount Sterling).

Population, income & housing

	Lynxville	Mount Sterling
Population	115	182
Median age	61.3 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,375	$43,438
Median home value	$131,300	$126,400
Median gross rent	$781	$685
Housing units	105	88
Homeownership rate	78.9%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynxville	Mount Sterling
Population	214 → 115 (-46.3%)	159 → 182 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $64,375 (+5.1%)	$30,000 → $43,438 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$154,700 → $131,300 (-15.1%)	$108,300 → $126,400 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $781 (-10.7%)	$572 → $685 (+19.8%)

Lynxville

Population

214115

Median household income

$61,250$64,375

Median home value

$154,700$131,300

Median gross rent

$875$781

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)

	Lynxville	Mount Sterling
Under 5	5.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	4.3%	23.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	6.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	19.1%	9.9%
65 to 74	24.3%	19.8%
75 and over	9.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynxville	Mount Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	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	1.7%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lynxville	Mount Sterling
No high school diploma	8.5%	0.8%
High school graduate	60.6%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynxville	Mount Sterling
Drove alone	86.7%	75.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lynxville	Mount Sterling
1-unit, detached	82.9%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Lynxville	Mount Sterling
Poverty rate	6.2%	12.1%
Average household size	2.02	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1972	1954