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Population (year 2000): 4,705
Males: 2,447  (52.0%)
Females: 2,258  (48.0%)

Kenai Peninsula Borough

Median resident age:  36.4 years
Alaska median age:  32.4 years

Zip codes: 99672.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $47,300 (it was $47,700 in 2000)
Sterling  $47,300
Alaska:  $56,234

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $138,500 (it was $120,100 in 2000)
Sterling  $138,500
Alaska:  $197,100

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Races in Sterling:

  • White Non-Hispanic (91.9%)
  • American Indian (4.6%)
  • Two or more races (2.5%)
  • Hispanic (1.2%)
  • Other race (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Sterling: 84.2 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (17.6%), United States (11.4%), English (10.5%), Irish (10.0%), Swedish (4.7%), Norwegian (4.1%).

Current Local Time: AKST time zone

Land area: 77.3 square miles.

Population density: 61 people per square mile 
 
  (very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Sterling

  • High school or higher: 89.2%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.8%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 5.3%
  • Unemployed: 9.7%
  • Mean travel time to work: 32.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Sterling CDP

  • Never married: 21.2%
  • Now married: 65.9%
  • Separated: 1.0%
  • Widowed: 2.4%
  • Divorced: 9.5%

76 residents are foreign born

This place:  1.6%
Alaska:  5.9%



According to our research there were 7 registered sex offenders living in Sterling, Alaska in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Sterling to the number of sex offenders is 672 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this place is smaller than the state average.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Sterling:  0.9% ($1,055)
Alaska:  1.3% ($1,888)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Anchorage, AK (84.6 miles , pop. 260,283).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (2882.2 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Funny River, AK (2.7 miles ), Ridgeway, AK (18.1 miles ), Soldotna, AK (19.3 miles ), Kalifornsky, AK (28.0 miles ), Kenai, AK (29.7 miles ), Kasilof, AK (32.8 miles ), Nikiski, AK (34.2 miles ), Salamatof, AK (35.5 miles ).

Latitude: 60.53 N, Longitude: 150.80 W


8 people in other group homes
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded

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Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (20%)
  • Mining (18%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
  • Repair and maintenance (4%)
  • Educational services (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (12%)
  • Accommodation and food services (11%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
  • Construction (5%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Carpenters (9%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
  • Extraction workers (5%)
  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
  • Cashiers (4%)


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Hospitals/medical centers near Sterling:
  • CENTRAL PENINSULA GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 43 miles; SOLDOTNA, AK)
  • SOUTH PENINSULA HOSPITAL (about 51 miles; HOMER, AK)
  • ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER, PHS (about 82 miles; ANCHORAGE, AK)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Sterling:
  • KENAI MUNI (about 31 miles; KENAI, AK; ID: ENA)
  • TED STEVENS ANCHORAGE INTL (about 72 miles; ANCHORAGE, AK; ID: ANC)
  • HOMER (about 78 miles; HOMER, AK; ID: HOM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sterling:
  • MACKEYS LAKES (about 13 miles; SOLDOTNA, AK; ID: L85)
  • SOLDOTNA (about 16 miles; SOLDOTNA, AK; ID: SXQ)
  • SOLDOTNA HOSPITAL H (about 19 miles; SOLDOTNA, AK; ID: SD1)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Sterling:
  • UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE (about 82 miles; ANCHORAGE, AK; Full-time enrollment: 9,453)
  • UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS (about 362 miles; FAIRBANKS, AK; FT enrollment: 5,034)
  • PENINSULA COLLEGE (about 2079 miles; PORT ANGELES, WA; FT enrollment: 2,374)
  • WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 2119 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 2,656)
  • WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 2119 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 11,889)
  • EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE (about 2135 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; FT enrollment: 3,749)
  • SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 2136 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; FT enrollment: 2,908)
Public elementary/middle school in Sterling:

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Lakes: Whisper Lake (A), Longmere Lake (B), Cisca Lake (C), Cow Lake (D), Scout Lake (E), Donkey Lake (F), Savka Lake (G), Eevook Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

River: Moose River (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Tourist attraction: Pederson's Moose River Resort (33881 Sterling Highway) (1). Display/hide its approximate location on the map

Hotels: Alaskan Abode B&B (35920 Sterling Highway) (1), Bing Brown's (Mi 81 Sterling Highway) (2), Great Alaska Adventure Lodge (33881 Sterling Highway) (3), JANA House (38670 SWanson River Road) (4). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Sterling and their reported violations in the past:

STERLING BAPTIST CHURCH (Address: 39638 HIGHER GROUND STREET, Population served: 135, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JUL-2002 and SEP-2002, Contaminant: Coliform
Past monitoring violations:
  • 3 routine major monitoring violations
  • One regular monitoring violation
THE ROBINS NEST (Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 3 routine major monitoring violations
  • One minor monitoring violation
HIGHER GROUND BAPTIST CAMP (Population served: 90, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 3 routine major monitoring violations
  • 2 regular monitoring violations
SUZIES PLACE (Population served: 80, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
  • 3 regular monitoring violations
STERLING LUTHERAN CHURCH (Population served: 65, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 3 routine major monitoring violations
NAPTOWNE INN & CAFE (Population served: 50, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JUL-2003 and SEP-2003, Contaminant: Coliform
BING BROWNS RESORT (Population served: 44, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
  • 3 regular monitoring violations
GREAT ALASKA FISH CAMP (Population served: 41, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In JUN-2001, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
  • 9 routine major monitoring violations
  • 4 regular monitoring violations
Drinking water stations with addresses in Sterling that have no violations reported:
  • ABUNDANT LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD (Population served: 164, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • STERLING TESORO RESTAURANT (Population served: 102, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • MAGPYES PIZZERIA (Population served: 50, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This place:  2.8 people
Alaska:  2.7 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  77.9%
Whole state:  68.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  5.7%
Whole state:  7.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  10.0%
Whole state:  9.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  5.1%
Whole state:  4.0%

Sterling compared to Alaska state average:

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  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.


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Most commonly used house heating fuel:

8.17% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($40,864 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.17%
Alaska average:  9.33%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Anchorage Municipality, AK  1.82% ($46,749 average AGI)
from Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK  0.31% ($48,035)
from Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK  0.29% ($35,962)


8.10% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,693 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.10%
Alaska average:  9.43%

0.12% of residents moved to foreign countries ($338 average AGI)
Kenai Peninsula Borough:  0.12%
Alaska average:  0.24%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Anchorage Municipality, AK  1.85% ($33,064 average AGI)
to Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK  0.48% ($45,270)
to Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK  0.36% ($36,561)


Strongest AM radio stations in Sterling:
  • KSLD (1140 AM; 10 kW; SOLDOTNA, AK; Owner: KSRM, INC)
  • KENI (650 AM; 50 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KFQD (750 AM; 50 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KSRM (920 AM; 5 kW; SOLDOTNA, AK; Owner: KSRM, INC.)
  • KBYR (700 AM; 10 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: COBB COMMUNICATIONS,INC.)
  • KBBI (890 AM; 10 kW; HOMER, AK; Owner: KACHEMAK BAY BROADCASTING INC)
  • KUDO (1080 AM; 10 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: CHINOOK CONCERT BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • KTZN (550 AM; 5 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KHAR (590 AM; 5 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KGTL (620 AM; 5 kW; HOMER, AK; Owner: PENINSULA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KJNP (1170 AM; 50 kW; NORTH POLE, AK; Owner: EVAN. ALASKA MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP)
  • KIAM (630 AM; 10 kW; NENANA, AK; Owner: VOICE OF CHRIST MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • KCHU (770 AM; 10 kW; VALDEZ, AK; Owner: TERMINAL RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Sterling:
  • KKIS-FM (96.5 FM; SOLDOTNA, AK; Owner: KSRM, INC)

TV broadcast stations around Sterling:
  • K08LW (Channel 8; KENAI/SOLDOTNA, AK; Owner: NORTHERN TELEVISION, INC.)
  • K10NC (Channel 10; KENAI, ETC., AK; Owner: CHANNEL 2 BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • K09QH (Channel 9; KENAI, ETC., AK; Owner: PIEDMONT TELEVISION OF ANCHORAGE LICENSE LLC)
  • K03FW (Channel 3; KENAI, ETC., AK; Owner: SMITH TELEVISION LICENSE HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • K12LA (Channel 12; KENAI, ETC., AK; Owner: ALASKA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • K06MF (Channel 6; KENAI, ETC., AK; Owner: FIREWEED COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
  • K23AF (Channel 23; KENAI, ETC., AK; Owner: STATE OF ALASKA)

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