COMPARING TWO PLACES
Sterling vs Anchorage
PLACE A
Sterling, Oklahoma
VS
PLACE B
Anchorage, Alaska
Sterling is 100% smaller than Anchorage. Anchorage earns more, with a median household income $35,303 higher. Anchorage has grown faster since 2000 (0% vs -16%).
STERLINGANCHORAGEDIFFERENCE
Total population674287,155−100% vs Anchorage
Population density820168+652
Population growth-15.8%-0.2%−15.6 pts
Median age40.235.2+5.0
Male45.1%51.1%−6.0 pts
Female54.9%48.9%+6.0 pts
Foreign-born0.5%10.9%−10.3 pts
White, non-Hispanic88.0%54.2%+33.8 pts
Black3.6%4.8%−1.2 pts
Hispanic / Latino3.2%9.5%−6.3 pts
Asian0.0%9.8%−9.8 pts
Other5.2%21.7%−16.5 pts
Median household income$67,981$103,284−$35,303
Per capita income$36,630$51,144−$14,514
Poverty rate14.0%8.9%+5.0 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.4760.431+0.0
Bachelor's degree or higher11.9%38.7%−26.8 pts
Graduate degree4.2%14.9%−10.7 pts
Unemployment rate0.0%4.6%−4.6 pts
Labor force participation41.9%69.8%−27.9 pts
Median home value$131,900$395,900−$264,000
Median gross rent$604$1,489−$885
Owner-occupied74.1%63.9%+10.2 pts
Housing vacancy rate10.4%9.8%+0.7 pts
Rent-burdened households57.7%44.0%+13.7 pts
Average commute27.218.8+8.4
Worked from home2.4%10.9%−8.5 pts
Public transit to work0.0%1.4%−1.4 pts
Uninsured10.1%9.9%+0.2 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025