Mount Sterling vs Seneca

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

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

Seneca has the higher population (336 vs 182 in Mount Sterling). Seneca has the higher median household income ($59,013 vs $43,438 in Mount Sterling). Seneca has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $126,400 in Mount Sterling).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Sterling	Seneca
Population	182	336
Median age	42.9 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,438	$59,013
Median home value	$126,400	$131,300
Median gross rent	$685	$920
Housing units	88	99
Homeownership rate	73.3%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Sterling	Seneca
Population	159 → 182 (+14.5%)	311 → 336 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$30,000 → $43,438 (+44.8%)	$61,250 → $59,013 (-3.7%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $126,400 (+16.7%)	$96,300 → $131,300 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $685 (+19.8%)	—

Mount Sterling

Population

159182

Median household income

$30,000$43,438

Median home value

$108,300$126,400

Median gross rent

$572$685

Seneca

Population

311336

Median household income

$61,250$59,013

Median home value

$96,300$131,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Sterling	Seneca
Under 5	4.4%	1.5%
5 to 17	23.6%	25.0%
18 to 24	3.8%	3.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	8.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	28.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	4.2%
55 to 64	9.9%	18.2%
65 to 74	19.8%	9.8%
75 and over	7.1%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Sterling	Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	96.1%
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	4.9%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Sterling	Seneca
No high school diploma	0.8%	5.5%
High school graduate	55.6%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Sterling	Seneca
Drove alone	75.0%	53.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	38.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Sterling	Seneca
1-unit, detached	78.4%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Mount Sterling	Seneca
Poverty rate	12.1%	2.7%
Average household size	2.43	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1954	1941