Sterling Heights, Michigan Neighborhood Info

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Sterling Heights, Michigan QuickFacts

	Sterling Heights, Michigan	United States
Total population	124,471	281,421,906
State	Michigan
City	sterling heights

Sterling Heights, Michigan Population

	Sterling Heights, Michigan	%, Sterling Heights, Michigan	United States
Male	60,970	48.98%	49.06%
Female	63,501	51.02%	50.94%
Median age (years)	37.0		35.3

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	Sterling Heights, Michigan	%, Sterling Heights, Michigan	United States
18 years and over	94,506	75.93%	74.31%
21 years and over	90,125	72.41%	69.97%
62 years and over	17,577	14.12%	14.66%
65 years and over	14,638	11.76%	12.43%

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	Sterling Heights, Michigan	%, Sterling Heights, Michigan	United States
White	112,899	90.7%	75.14%
Black or African American	1,614	1.3%	12.32%
Asian	6,123	4.92%	3.64%
Some other race	723	0.58%	5.46%
Two or more races	3,112	2.5%	2.43%

Sterling Heights, Michigan Housing

	Sterling Heights, Michigan	%, Sterling Heights, Michigan	United States
Total households	46,319		105,480,101
Family households (families)	33,392	72.09%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	12,927	27.91%	31.94%

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	Sterling Heights, Michigan	%, Sterling Heights, Michigan	United States
Total housing units	47,547		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	1,228	2.58%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	46,319	97.42%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	36,584	76.94%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	9,735	20.47%	30.77%

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	Sterling Heights, Michigan	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	183	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	1,726	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	10,431	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	15,124	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	4,610	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	1,139	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	35	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	24	0.57%
Median (dollars)	160,700	119,600

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	Sterling Heights, Michigan	%, Sterling Heights, Michigan	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	7,696	16.62%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	12,981	28.03%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	7,323	15.81%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	7,949	17.16%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	7,143	15.42%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	3,227	6.97%	9.65%

Sterling Heights, Michigan Education

	Sterling Heights, Michigan	%, Sterling Heights, Michigan	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	33,141		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	2,024	6.11%	6.47%
Kindergarten	1,588	4.79%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	13,955	42.11%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	7,401	22.33%	21.38%
College or graduate school	8,173	24.66%	22.81%

Sterling Heights, Michigan Economy

	Sterling Heights, Michigan	%, Sterling Heights, Michigan	United States
Population 16 years and over	97,973		217,168,077
In labor force	66,726	68.11%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	66,659	68.04%	63.39%
- - Employed	64,340	65.67%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	2,319	2.37%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	3.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	67	0.07%	0.53%
Not in labor force	31,247	31.89%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	50,557	51.6%	51.66%
In labor force	30,264	30.89%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	30,256	30.88%	29.65%
- - Employed	29,206	29.81%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	9,301	9.49%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	5,208		12,787,501

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	Sterling Heights, Michigan	%, Sterling Heights, Michigan	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	46,381		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	2,157	4.65%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,795	3.87%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	3,749	8.08%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	4,473	9.64%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	6,497	14.01%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	10,773	23.23%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	8,087	17.44%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	6,977	15.04%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,321	2.85%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	552	1.19%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	60,494		41,994

	Sterling Heights, Michigan	%, Sterling Heights, Michigan	United States
With earnings	38,941	39.75%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	67,316		56,604
With Social Security income	11,318	11.55%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,429		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	1,049	1.07%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	7,402		6,320
With public assistance income	963	0.98%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,113		3,032
With retirement income	8,828	9.01%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,075		17,376

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