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Sterling city, Colorado: commercial real estate data.
Sterling city is a Census city of 13,172 people across 7.62 square miles of land, in Logan County. Median household income is $43,283, 55.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 10 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.7 m.
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Sterling
What Sterling is
- Census place typecity
- Land area7.62 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,729
- County holding the largest share of its areaLogan County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sterling
How many people live in Sterling
- Population13,172
- Median age37.7
- Population under 182,129
- Share under 1816.2 percent
- Population 65 and over2,520
- Share 65 and over19.1 percent
- Households5,022
- Family households2,368
- Share of households that are families47.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sterling
Income and work in Sterling
- Median household income$43,283
- Per capita income$22,573
- Civilian labor force6,013
- Employed5,546
- Unemployed467 plus or minus 218
- Unemployment rate7.8 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Adults 25 and over9,688
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.7 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.1 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sterling
Housing in Sterling
- Housing units5,290
- Occupied units5,022
- Vacant units268 plus or minus 125
- Vacancy rate5.1 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Owner occupied2,805
- Renter occupied2,217
- Ownership rate55.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$217,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,031
- Annual rent as a share of median income28.6 percent
- Single family units3,742
- Share single family70.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,000 plus or minus 306
- Share in buildings of two or more18.9 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Mobile homes548 plus or minus 164
- Median year structure built1961
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sterling
How Sterling gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,932
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,321
- Share commuting under 15 minutes67.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more645 plus or minus 205
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more13.1 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Drove alone74.6 percent
- Carpooled9.3 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport3.5 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Walked4.0 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Worked from home8.5 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sterling
SBA loans in Sterling (7(a))
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$7,694,500
- Average approval$769,450
- Median approval$384,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$4,106,000
- Largest approval$4,106,000
- Jobs supported109
- Jobs per approval10.9
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more40.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders9
- Distinct industries by NAICS8
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sterling
SBA loans in Sterling (504)
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$1,748,000
- Average approval$349,600
- Median approval$358,000
- Largest approval$569,000
- Jobs supported88
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Logan County, not Sterling
Logan County context, not Sterling figures
These are Logan County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Sterling measurements.
- Establishments in Logan County559
- Employment at those establishments, Logan County4,827
- Covered employment, Logan County7,704
- Average annual pay, Logan County$50,507
- Average weekly wage, Logan County$971
- Housing units permitted, Logan County12
- Of those, single family, Logan County12
- County product, 2024, Logan County$1,419,089,000
- County product change over the prior year, Logan County-1.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Logan County$47,148
Every figure in this section is published for Logan County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sterling. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Sterling questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sterling, Colorado?
13,172, in 5,022 households. Sterling city covers 7.62 square miles of land, which is 1,729 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sterling in?
Logan County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Sterling?
$43,283. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $217,400. Median gross rent is $1,031 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sterling businesses?
10 7(a) approvals totalling $7.7 m, across 9 lenders, median approval $384,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $1.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sterling, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sterling borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sterling. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Sterling figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Logan County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Sterling.
Is zoning published for Sterling?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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