Mount Sterling is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 7,555 people and six associated neighborhoods, Mount Sterling is the 59th largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mount Sterling is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Sterling is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Sterling who work in office and administrative support (13.77%), sales jobs (11.28%), and food service (8.12%). Mount Sterling is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Mount Sterling citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.27% of adults 25 and older in Mount Sterling have a college degree. The per capita income in Mount Sterling in 2022 was $25,914, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,656 for a family of four. However, Mount Sterling contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Mount Sterling home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Sterling residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mount Sterling include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Danish. The most common language spoken in Mount Sterling is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and West Germanic languages.