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Mount Sterling city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Mount Sterling city is a Census city of 1,980 people across 1.19 square miles of land, in Brown County. Median household income is $59,087, 51.1 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Mount Sterling
What Mount Sterling is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.19 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,657
- County holding the largest share of its areaBrown 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.
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How many people live in Mount Sterling
- Population1,980
- Median age35.3
- Population under 18500 plus or minus 107
- Share under 1825.3 percent
- Population 65 and over321 plus or minus 76
- Share 65 and over16.2 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Households941
- Family households447 plus or minus 94
- Share of households that are families47.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Mount Sterling
- Median household income$59,087
- Per capita income$33,547
- Civilian labor force1,014
- Employed983
- Unemployed31 plus or minus 49
- Unemployment rate3.1 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Adults 25 and over1,295
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.5 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.6 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Mount Sterling
- Housing units1,019
- Occupied units941
- Vacant units78 plus or minus 44
- Vacancy rate7.7 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Owner occupied481 plus or minus 99
- Renter occupied460 plus or minus 123
- Ownership rate51.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$131,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$604 plus or minus $215
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.3 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Single family units708
- Share single family69.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more299 plus or minus 114
- Share in buildings of two or more29.3 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Mobile homes12 plus or minus 12
- Median year structure built1969
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Mount Sterling gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute895
- Commuting under 15 minutes600 plus or minus 155
- Share commuting under 15 minutes67.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more159 plus or minus 72
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more17.8 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Drove alone71.2 percent
- Carpooled12.1 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Public transport0.1 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked7.6 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Worked from home9.0 percent plus or minus 5.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Mount Sterling (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$253,000
- Average approval$253,000
- Median approval$253,000
- Largest approval$253,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Brown County, not Mount Sterling
Brown County context, not Mount Sterling figures
These are Brown County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Mount Sterling measurements.
- Establishments in Brown County108
- Employment at those establishments, Brown County3,834
- Covered employment, Brown County4,791
- Average annual pay, Brown County$64,340
- Average weekly wage, Brown County$1,237
- Housing units permitted, Brown County10
- Of those, single family, Brown County6
- County product, 2024, Brown County$624,033,000
- County product change over the prior year, Brown County3.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Brown County$47,299
Every figure in this section is published for Brown County as a whole and is not a measurement of Mount 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
Mount Sterling questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Mount Sterling, Illinois?
1,980, in 941 households. Mount Sterling city covers 1.19 square miles of land, which is 1,657 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Mount Sterling in?
Brown 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 Mount Sterling?
$59,087. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $131,200. Median gross rent is $604 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Mount Sterling figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Brown 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 Mount Sterling.
Is zoning published for Mount Sterling?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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