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Sterling

United States · GDP 2024
#2738 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 31% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$281.9M
GDP growth
-5.9%
Jobs tracked
232
Employers
39
Avg. wage
$49.7k
Population
1,349
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$65.0k±$18.9k
Business applications
12 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Utilities31%
Mining & energy19%
Transportation18%
Food & accommodation12%
Retail trade11%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,349
residents · 2025 · -2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $74.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−53
International migration−4
Natural change+21

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$226.1M
2019
$201.0M
2020
$261.6M
2021
$300.7M
2022
$299.5M
2023
$281.9M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$147.0k±$100.6k · low reliability
Median gross rent
$952/mo±$73/mo
Vacancy rate
23.9%±6.3%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
1.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 75Wildfire 70Hail 22
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$49.7k
avg. annual pay · +10% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Garza$281.6MHand$282.4MTurner$281.4MOscoda$282.8MBoise$283.1MGreeley$280.7M
The read

Sterling's economy produced $281.9M in 2024, contracting 5.9% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is utilities.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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