Sterling Heights is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 132,567 people and 31 associated neighborhoods, Sterling Heights is the fourth largest community in Michigan.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Sterling Heights is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sterling Heights is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sterling Heights who work in office and administrative support (11.01%), sales jobs (10.74%), and management occupations (9.41%). Also of interest is that Sterling Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.49% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The overall education level of Sterling Heights citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.84% of adults in Sterling Heights have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Sterling Heights in 2022 was $35,615, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $142,460 for a family of four. However, Sterling Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Sterling Heights is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sterling Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sterling Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Sterling Heights include German, Polish, Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac, Italian, and Irish. Sterling Heights also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 27.79%. The most common language spoken in Sterling Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Other Indo-European.
