COMPARING TWO PLACES
Sterling vs Mount Pleasant
PLACE A
Sterling, Oklahoma
VS
PLACE B
Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
Sterling is 84% smaller than Mount Pleasant. Sterling earns more, with a median household income $16,161 higher. Mount Pleasant has grown faster since 2000 (-5% vs -16%).
STERLINGMOUNT PLEASANTDIFFERENCE
Total population6744,108−84% vs Mount Pleasant
Population density8204,104−3,284
Population growth-15.8%-4.7%−11.1 pts
Median age40.251.0−10.8
Male45.1%45.3%−0.1 pts
Female54.9%54.7%+0.1 pts
Foreign-born0.5%1.1%−0.5 pts
White, non-Hispanic88.0%98.4%−10.4 pts
Black3.6%0.0%+3.5 pts
Hispanic / Latino3.2%0.3%+2.9 pts
Asian0.0%0.1%−0.1 pts
Other5.2%1.2%+4.0 pts
Median household income$67,981$51,820+$16,161
Per capita income$36,630$32,677+$3,953
Poverty rate14.0%11.1%+2.9 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.4760.418+0.1
Bachelor's degree or higher11.9%17.7%−5.8 pts
Graduate degree4.2%4.8%−0.6 pts
Unemployment rate0.0%1.3%−1.3 pts
Labor force participation41.9%55.1%−13.2 pts
Median home value$131,900$143,000−$11,100
Median gross rent$604$721−$117
Owner-occupied74.1%65.8%+8.3 pts
Housing vacancy rate10.4%8.9%+1.5 pts
Rent-burdened households57.7%25.8%+31.9 pts
Average commute27.228.1−0.9
Worked from home2.4%11.0%−8.5 pts
Public transit to work0.0%0.1%−0.1 pts
Uninsured10.1%1.6%+8.5 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025