† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupSterlingAlaskaUnited States
German21.5%14.2%12.5%
English15.4%10.0%9.5%
Irish13.0%9.5%9.4%
American6.0%3.6%5.3%
Scottish4.3%2.1%1.3%
Norwegian4.0%3.0%—
Italian2.6%2.5%4.8%
Polish2.6%—2.2%
Mexican1.5%3.9%11.3%
Spanish0.2%0.4%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Sterling
Alaska
United States
Median age
46.8
36
39.1
Age 18–24
6.8%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
27.7%
13.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sterling
Alaska
United States
Median household income
$102,415
$92,788
$84,427
Poverty rate
4.6%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
29.2%
31.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sterling
Alaska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.7%
15.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.0%
3.2%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.1%
0.8%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
0.5%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sterling
Alaska
United States
Catholic
—
5.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
64.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Sterling, Alaska
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−33.7%
2008
−66.7%
2012
−63.5%
2016
−61.0%
2020
−58.4%
2024
−59.2%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. † 2012, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
19.2%Harris684
78.5%Trump2,789
2.3%
R+59.2
R+0.8
R+57.8
3,554
R
19.6%Biden716
78.1%Trump2,848
2.3%
R+58.4
D+2.5
R+62.9
3,648
R
15.4%Clinton497
76.4%Trump2,470
8.3%
R+61.0
D+2.5
R+63.1
3,235
R
16.6%Obama445
80.1%Romney2,148
3.4%
R+63.5
D+3.2
R+67.3
2,683
R
15.8%Obama419
82.5%McCain2,187
1.7%
R+66.7
R+33.0
R+73.9
2,652
R
31.1%Kerry228
64.8%Bush475
4.1%
R+33.7
—
R+31.2
733
Sterling sits in the Pacific Northwest and Arctic. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 66.7 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 59.2 points.
A population of 6,323, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $102,415 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kalifornsky and Springville.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Sterling, Alaska voted Republican by 59.2 points (R+59.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,554 votes cast, 684 went Democratic and 2,789 went Republican.
How many people live in Sterling, Alaska?
Sterling, Alaska has a population of 6,323 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sterling, Alaska?
Median household income in Sterling, Alaska is $102,415 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of Sterling, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Sterling, Alaska from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
