Sterling County vs Stonewall County

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

Sterling County and Stonewall County are counties in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sterling County has the higher population (1,389 vs 1,244 in Stonewall County). Sterling County has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $61,250 in Stonewall County). Sterling County has the higher median home value ($143,200 vs $54,700 in Stonewall County).

Population, income & housing

	Sterling County	Stonewall County
Population	1,389	1,244
Median age	31.4 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$61,250
Median home value	$143,200	$54,700
Median gross rent	$968	$620
Housing units	508	733
Homeownership rate	83.3%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sterling County	Stonewall County
Population	1,231 → 1,389 (+12.8%)	1,476 → 1,244 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$59,868 → $78,750 (+31.5%)	$51,250 → $61,250 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$59,000 → $143,200 (+142.7%)	$55,600 → $54,700 (-1.6%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $968 (+13.9%)	$600 → $620 (+3.3%)

Sterling County

Population

1,2311,389

Median household income

$59,868$78,750

Median home value

$59,000$143,200

Median gross rent

$850$968

Stonewall County

Population

1,4761,244

Median household income

$51,250$61,250

Median home value

$55,600$54,700

Median gross rent

$600$620

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sterling County	Stonewall County
Under 5	9.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	26.9%	21.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	7.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	7.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	6.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	5.4%	14.5%
75 and over	7.8%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sterling County	Stonewall County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	75.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	32.2%	22.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sterling County	Stonewall County
No high school diploma	12.1%	15.5%
High school graduate	38.5%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sterling County	Stonewall County
Drove alone	79.0%	88.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sterling County	Stonewall County
1-unit, detached	77.4%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.1%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Sterling County	Stonewall County
Poverty rate	2.7%	8.7%
Average household size	3.37	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1985	1967