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Sterling Heights, MI
134,342 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2676460 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Sterling Heights ranked #55 of 340 cities and 3rd of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Sterling Heights and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Carrollton TX, Thornton CO, Elgin IL, Joliet IL, Quincy MA, Vallejo CA, Aurora IL, Antioch CA, Lakewood CO, Westminster CO, Moreno Valley CA, Arvada CO, Woodbridge NJ · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #55 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #43 | #75 | #140 | #160 | #135 | #69 | #82 | #107 | #68 | #104 | #58 | #82 | #54 | #64 | #95 | #98 | #98 | #97 | #55 | #74 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 129,232 | 129,637 | 129,704 | 129,736 | 129,681 | 129,709 | 130,042 | 130,672 | 131,521 | 132,136 | 132,041 | 132,522 | 132,681 | 132,725 | 132,438 | 134,114 | 133,204 | 132,521 | 133,696 | 134,342 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #81 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | +0.1 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.3 | — | -0.1 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.2 | -0.1 | -0.0 | +0.0 | -0.0 | -0.1 | -0.0 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.0 | +0.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #245 of 271 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 4.3 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #74 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 14.3% | 14.4% | 15.4% | 15.2% | 18.2% | 18.2% | 19.7% | 17.5% | 17.7% | 18.9% | 18.5% | 18.8% | 17.6% | 20.7% | 19.1% | — | 19.3% | 18.0% | 20.7% | 21.3% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #13 of 304 cities with data · 3rd of 9 in its peer group with data | — | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 3.1 | — | — | 3.8 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 1.5 | — | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #63 of 295 cities with data · 3rd of 12 in its peer group with data | 8.5 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 13.9 | 11.6 | 10.8 | 7.7 | 17.6 | 16.0 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 19.6 | 18.1 | 18.8 | 11.3 | 30.6 | 27.0 | 34.7 | 16.5 | 22.3 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 59,122 | 58,361 | 54,915 | 52,038 | 47,090 | 46,012 | 48,671 | 50,452 | 54,473 | 53,207 | 56,898 | 56,197 | 58,341 | 58,655 | 57,663 | 53,950 | 55,021 | — | — | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #198 of 336 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2021 | +3.2 | +0.3 | -3.7 | -3.3 | -1.7 | -1.1 | +2.1 | +0.7 | +6.1 | -3.1 | +3.3 | -2.7 | +2.2 | -0.7 | -2.4 | +2.6 | -0.8 | — | — | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 57,517 | 63,097 | 60,636 | 66,407 | 64,307 | 63,692 | 64,962 | 67,247 | 67,136 | — | 61,193 | 65,412 | 64,582 | 62,723 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #212 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.0% | 10.2% | 9.4% | 5.8% | 4.5% | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2.0% | 5.5% | — | 8.4% | 5.0% | 4.1% | 5.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #77 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 13 in its peer group with data | 2% | 7% | -1% | 9% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 15% | 14% | 24% | 24% | 22% | 22% | 25% | 9% | 19% | 33% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #89 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data | $754 | $668 | $578 | $548 | $523 | $363 | $637 | $669 | $604 | $547 | $527 | $791 | $1,426 | $1,593 | $1,490 | $1,601 | $1,891 | $1,909 | $1,710 | $1,599 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Sterling Heights. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.