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About Sterling Heights
City in Michigan, United StatesSterling Heights is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northern suburb of Detroit, Sterling Heights is located roughly 18 miles (29.0 km) north of Downtown. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 134,346, placing Sterling Heights as the second-largest suburb of Detroit and the fourth-most populous city in Michigan.
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Housing in Sterling Heights
The typical Sterling Heights home is worth about $309,000, up 1.4% in a year, 16% above the Michigan typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Sterling Heights
Safety Grade B-
Sterling Heights reports less crime per resident than 50% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Schools in Sterling Heights
All Sterling Heights schools →School Grade B+
The public schools Sterling Heights’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 73% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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