Sterling Heights is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 124,471 people and 25 constituent neighborhoods, Sterling Heights is the fifth largest community in Michigan.

Unlike some cities, Sterling Heights isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Sterling Heights are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sterling Heights is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sterling Heights who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.47%), sales jobs (12.40%), and management occupations (8.03%).

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.

One notable thing about Sterling Heights is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Sterling Heights is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 98.7% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Sterling Heights Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Sterling Heights is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 22.96% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Sterling Heights in 2000 was $24,958, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,832 for a family of four.

The people who call Sterling Heights home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Sterling Heights is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Sterling Heights include Polish, German, Italian, Irish, English, Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac, and French.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Sterling Heights's cultural character, accounting for 16.99% of the city's population.

The languages spoken by people in Sterling Heights are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Sterling Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic, Other Indo-European languages, and Polish.