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Sterling, CT

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Sterling, CT: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,962. 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-CT · Sterling, CT 1 ZIPs · 2,962 pop · #4900/25278 · Windham County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $97,308
  • RANK-TOP #4900/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brooklyn
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,962
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $275,900

Nearest income peer: Brooklyn, CT ( $1,101 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, CT sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 19%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,962
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$97,308
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 $97,308 and home value $275,900 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 17.7%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Sterling as a pure owner town.

Within Connecticut, Washington Depot is the closest lower-income city and Chaplin 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's single ZIP 06377 carries the town

Sterling is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 06377 is the entire residential footprint (2,962 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Sterling

Citywide ZBP: 25 establishments, 105 employees , annual payroll $4,832k (~8 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 06377 (25 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (7) · also Manufacturing · Wholesale trade .

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ZIP Codes in Sterling, CT

These ZIP codes sit in Windham County, which covers 28 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Sterling. See the Windham County roll-up →

Sterling lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Windham County: Woodstock, Canterbury and Pomfret Center earn more and Willimantic, Danielson and Putnam earn less. Willimantic marks the far end of that range at $47,162, 52% below Sterling.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
06377 2,962 $97,308 25 69
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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, .