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Sterling, AK

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Sterling, AK: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,704. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet STERLING-AK · Sterling, AK 1 ZIPs · 3,704 pop · #4345/25278 · Kenai Peninsula

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $100,642
  • RANK-TOP #4345/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Seward
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 87% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,704
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $316,400

Nearest income peer: Seward, AK ( $12,882 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Sterling

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Sterling on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Sterling, AK sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 17%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,704
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$100,642
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $100,642 and home value $316,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 25.8%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (86.9%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Alaska, Palmer is the closest lower-income city and Sitka the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Sterling.

Population concentration

Sterling reads through its lone ZIP, 99672

3,704 ACS residents, one ZIP: 99672 is not the leading code inside Sterling, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Sterling's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 86 establishments, 232 employees , annual payroll $13,089k (~23 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 99672 (86 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (30) · also Other services (except public administration) · Manufacturing .

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ZIP Codes in Sterling, AK

These ZIP codes sit in Kenai Peninsula, which covers 14 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Sterling. See the Kenai Peninsula roll-up →

Sterling sits in the upper half of Kenai Peninsula on income: Kenai, Soldotna and Homer report less, while Cooper Landing reports more. Ninilchik marks the far end of that range at $47,333, 53% below Sterling.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
99672 3,704 $100,642 86 5
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Sterling roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Sterling, .