Sterling County vs Throckmorton County

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

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

Throckmorton County has the higher population (1,589 vs 1,389 in Sterling County). Sterling County has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $58,864 in Throckmorton County). Sterling County has the higher median home value ($143,200 vs $84,200 in Throckmorton County).

Population, income & housing

	Sterling County	Throckmorton County
Population	1,389	1,589
Median age	31.4 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$58,864
Median home value	$143,200	$84,200
Median gross rent	$968	$548
Housing units	508	960
Homeownership rate	83.3%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sterling County	Throckmorton County
Population	1,231 → 1,389 (+12.8%)	1,436 → 1,589 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$59,868 → $78,750 (+31.5%)	$40,000 → $58,864 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$59,000 → $143,200 (+142.7%)	$56,300 → $84,200 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $968 (+13.9%)	$429 → $548 (+27.7%)

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

Throckmorton County

Population

1,4361,589

Median household income

$40,000$58,864

Median home value

$56,300$84,200

Median gross rent

$429$548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sterling County	Throckmorton County
Under 5	9.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	26.9%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	9.6%
55 to 64	6.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	5.4%	9.7%
75 and over	7.8%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sterling County	Throckmorton County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	32.2%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sterling County	Throckmorton County
No high school diploma	12.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	38.5%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sterling County	Throckmorton County
Drove alone	79.0%	79.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sterling County	Throckmorton County
1-unit, detached	77.4%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	21.1%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Sterling County	Throckmorton County
Poverty rate	2.7%	14.0%
Average household size	3.37	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	27	16
Median year structure built	1985	1961