Mount Sterling, KY

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

2024 Population

47,476

US Senator

Mitch McConnell

Republican Party

US Senator

Rand Paul

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

40.4

0.737% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

19.6%

2.26% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$55,208

0.0399% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$151,900

Population & Diversity

Mount Sterling, KY is home to a population of 47.5k people, from which 99.5% are citizens.

As of 2024, 0.872% of Mount Sterling, KY residents were born outside of the country (414 people).

In 2024, there were 43.5 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (44.1k people) in Mount Sterling, KY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.02k Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 649 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.5%

2024 Citizenship

99.4%

2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99.5% of Mount Sterling, KY residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Mount Sterling, KY was 99.4%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Mount Sterling, KY compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Mount Sterling, KY

White (Non-Hispanic)
44.1k ± 185
Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
1.02k ± 151
Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
649 ± 226

2.94%

Hispanic Population

1.4k people

2.94% of the people in Mount Sterling, KY are hispanic (1.4k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Mount Sterling, KY as a share of the total population.

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the MSA level, so we are showing data for Kentucky.

Most Common Origin

Mexico
34,417 ± 4,537 people
Cuba
21,613 ± 3,601 people
India
11,987 ± 2,684 people

In 2024, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Kentucky was Mexico, the natal country of 34,417 Kentucky residents, followed by Cuba with 21,613 and India with 11,987.

Foreign-Born Population

0.872%

2024 Foreign-Born Population

414 people

0.869%

2023 Foreign-Born Population

411 people

As of 2024, 0.872% of Mount Sterling, KY residents (414 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Mount Sterling, KY was 0.869%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Mount Sterling, KY compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
736 ± 220
Gulf War (1990s)
388 ± 148
Gulf War (2001-)
289 ± 121

Mount Sterling, KY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.9 times greater than any other conflict.

The chart shows the distribution of veterans by conflict in Mount Sterling, KY.

Economy

The economy of Mount Sterling, KY employs 19.9k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Mount Sterling, KY were Manufacturing (4,304 people), Retail Trade (2,955 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (2,475 people), and the highest paying industries were Utilities ($96,275), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($52,139), and Manufacturing ($50,851).

Employment

Occupations

19.9k

2024 Value

± 1,101

1 Year growth

± 7.56%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Mount Sterling, KY grew at a rate of 2%, from 19.6k employees to 19.9k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Mount Sterling, KY, are Production Occupations (3,152 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (2,301 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (1,966 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Mount Sterling, KY.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Kentucky.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Kentucky (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

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

Industries

Employment by Industries

19.9k

2024 Value

± 1,101

1 Year growth

± 7.56%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Mount Sterling, KY grew at a rate of 2%, from 19.6k employees to 19.9k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Mount Sterling, KY, are Manufacturing (4,304 people), Retail Trade (2,955 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (2,475 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Mount Sterling, KY, though some of these residents may live in Mount Sterling, KY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$48,374

Median earning men ± $2,493

$35,529

Median earning women ± $2,192

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($79,725), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($55,750), and Manufacturing ($53,131).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Other Services Except Public Administration ($45,526), Manufacturing ($45,437), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($41,010).

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Kentucky.

Y-Axis

2.51%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.98M people employed in Kentucky. This represents a 2.51% 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 14.4%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Kentucky.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

76
Retail Trade
51
Retail Trade
49
Other Services (except Public Administration)

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

The visualization shows the number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$184k
Manufacturing
$79.2k
Health Care and Social Assistance
$51.3k
Retail Trade

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Mount Sterling, KY was $151,900 in 2024, which is 0.457 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $134,400 to $151,900, a 13% increase. The homeownership rate in Mount Sterling, KY is 70.9%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Mount Sterling, KY have an average commute time of 27.2 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Mount Sterling, KY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$151,900

Median Property Value 2024

±$7,782

$12,898

Median Property Taxes

±$783

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, KY the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

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

Rent vs Own

70.9%

Homeownership

2024

69.1%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 70.9% of the housing units in Mount Sterling, KY were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 68.8%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Mount Sterling, KY compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$55,208

Median Household Income

± $2,766

18.2k

Number of Households

± 956

In 2024, the median household income of the 18.2k households in Mount Sterling, KY grew to $55,208 from the previous year's value of $55,186.

The following chart displays the households in Mount Sterling, KY 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 $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Mount Sterling, KY is from Kentucky.

0.446

2024 Wage GINI in Kentucky

0.449

2023 Wage GINI in Kentucky

In 2024, the income inequality in Kentucky was 0.446 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.585% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Kentucky was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Kentucky in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Kentucky across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (82.3%)
Carpooled (8.35%)
Worked At Home (7.14%)

In 2024, 82.3% of workers in Mount Sterling, KY drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (8.35%) and those who worked at home (7.14%).

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.

Commute Time

27.2 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Mount Sterling, KY have a longer commute time (27.2 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 3.83% of the workforce in Mount Sterling, KY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Mount Sterling, KY compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Mount Sterling, KY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Mount Sterling, KY have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

19.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Mount Sterling, KY (9.18k out of 46.8k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 45 - 54, followed by Males < 5 and then Females 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Mount Sterling, KY is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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