Sterling
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Outdoors in Sterling
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1911
Sterling Co Mar 28 1911, 1911
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About Sterling
City in Colorado, United StatesSterling is a home rule municipality and the county seat and most populous municipality of Logan County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 13,735 at the 2020 census. Sterling is the largest city in the Eastern Plains region of Colorado and the site of the domed Logan County Courthouse, built in 1909. The city is also home to Northeastern Junior College, enrolling over 1,500 students annually.
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How Sterling ranks
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Housing in Sterling
The typical Sterling home is worth about $247,000, up 0.7% in a year, 54% below the Colorado typical home.
A buyer's market
Safety in Sterling
Safety Grade D
Sterling reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 86% report less.
Health in Sterling
Health Grade C+
Healthier than 43% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 90% of towns with similar incomes.
Compared with Colorado
of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 12 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Sterling
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities.
Schools in Sterling
All Sterling schools →School Grade B-
The public schools Sterling’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 55% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within CO. Ratings are from neighbors.
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