Mount Sterling, IA

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2024 Population
36
US Senator
Chuck Grassley
Republican Party
US Senator
Joni Ernst
Republican Party
2016 Median Household Income
$130,500
2.05% 1-year growth
2017 Median Property Value
$103,100
5.93% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Mount Sterling, IA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

100% of the residents in Mount Sterling, IA are U.S. citizens.

In 2017, the median property value in Mount Sterling, IA was $103,100, and the homeownership rate was 100%.

Population & Diversity

Mount Sterling, IA is home to a population of 36 people, from which 100% are citizens. As of 2024, 0% of Mount Sterling, IA residents were born outside of the country (0 people).

In 2024, there were NaNy times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (36 people) in Mount Sterling, IA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 0 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 0 American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

100%
2024 Citizenship
100%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 100% of Mount Sterling, IA residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Mount Sterling, IA was 100%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been maintaining.

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Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Mount Sterling, IA
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    36 ± 48
  2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    0 ± 10
  3. American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic)
    0 ± 10

In 2024, there were NaNy times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (36 people) in Mount Sterling, IA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 0 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 0 American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for Iowa.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    44,333 ± 5,134 people
  2. India
    11,889 ± 2,672 people
  3. Guatemala
    8,189 ± 2,219 people

In 2024, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Iowa was Mexico, the natal country of 44,333 Iowa residents, followed by India with 11,889 and Guatemala with 8,189.

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Economy

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
1.48%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.57M people employed in Iowa. This represents a 1.48% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.9%.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Iowa went to Donald J. Trump with 55.7% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Robert Kennedy (0.789%).

Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst are the senators currently representing the state of Iowa. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Iowa is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

US Senators from Iowa

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Chuck Grassley
Senator from Iowa3
Assumed office on January 3, 1981
Joni Ernst
Senator from Iowa2
Assumed office on January 3, 2015

Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst are the senators currently representing Iowa.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Mount Sterling, IA was $103,100 in 2017, which is 0.31 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2016 and 2017 the median property value increased from $109,600 to $103,100, a 5.93% decrease. The homeownership rate in Mount Sterling, IA is 100%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

Property

$103,100
Median Property Value 2017
±$41,904
$14
Median Property Taxes
±$38

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Mount Sterling, IA the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Mount Sterling, IA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$130,500
Median Household Income
± $87,637
14
Number of Households
± 43

In 2016, the median household income of the 14 households in Mount Sterling, IA grew to $130,500 from the previous year's value of $127,875.

The following chart displays the households in Mount Sterling, IA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $35k - $40k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Mount Sterling, IA is from Iowa.
0.435
2024 Wage GINI in Iowa
0.441
2023 Wage GINI in Iowa

In 2024, the income inequality in Iowa was 0.435 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.29% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Iowa was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Iowa in comparison to the national average.

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Commuter Transportation

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Health

38.9% of the population of Mount Sterling, IA has health coverage, with 0% on employee plans, 0% on Medicaid, 38.9% on Medicare, 0% on non-group plans, and 0% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Iowa see 1,385 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,385 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1411 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 466 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 0% under 18 years, 0% between 18 and 34 years, 61.1% between 35 and 64 years, and 38.9% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 0% were men and 100% were women.

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Uninsured People

61.1%
Uninsured
0%
Employer Coverage
0%
Medicaid
38.9%
Medicare
0%
Non-Group
0%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Mount Sterling, IA declined by 6.88% from 65.6% to 61.1%.

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