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Population (year 2000): 124,471. Estimated
population in July 2005: 128,034 (+2.9% change)
Males: 60,970 (49.0%), Females: 63,501 (51.0%)
Macomb County
Zip codes:
48310,
48312,
48313,
48314.
Median resident age: 37.0 years
Median household income: $60,494 (year 2000)
Median house value: $160,700 (year 2000)
Races in Sterling Heights:
- White Non-Hispanic (89.8%)
- Two or more races (2.5%)
- Asian Indian (1.9%)
- Hispanic (1.3%)
- Black (1.3%)
- Filipino (1.1%)
- Chinese (0.7%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: Polish (21.0%), German (19.9%),
Italian (13.3%), Irish (9.6%), English (7.4%), French (4.6%).
Elevation: 615 feet
Land area: 36.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sterling Heights
- High school or higher: 84.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.2%
- Unemployed: 3.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sterling Heights city
- Never married: 25.6%
- Now married: 60.0%
- Separated: 0.5%
- Widowed: 6.2%
- Divorced: 7.6%
17.0% Foreign born (8.7% Asia, 7.0% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +6,480 (+5.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Sterling Heights:
- ST JOHN MACOMB HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; WARREN, MI)
- ST JOSEPHS MERCY HOSPITAL & HLTH SVCS (about 6
miles; CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI)
- MADISON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; MADISON
HEIGHTS, MI)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sterling Heights:
- DETROIT CITY (about 13 miles; DETROIT, MI; ID: DET)
- OAKLAND COUNTY INTERNATIONAL (about 28 miles;
PONTIAC, MI; ID: PTK)
- DETROIT METROPOLITAN WAYNE COUNTY (about 35 miles;
DETROIT, MI; ID: DTW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sterling Heights:
- BERZ-MACOMB (about 8 miles; DETROIT, MI; ID: UIZ)
- OAKLAND/TROY (about 11 miles; TROY, MI; ID: 7D2)
- RAY COMMUNITY (about 15 miles; RAY, MI; ID: 57D)
Amtrak stations near Sterling Heights:
- 11 miles: ROYAL OAK (201 S. SHERMAN DR.). Services:
enclosed waiting area, public payphones, vending
machines, paid short-term parking, taxi stand, intercity
bus service, public transit connection.
- 12 miles: BIRMINGHAM (449 S. ETON ST.). Services:
public payphones, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit
connection.
- 15 miles: DETROIT (11 W. BALTIMORE AVE.). Services:
ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free
short-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi
stand, public transit connection.
College/University in Sterling Heights:
- BETHESDA CHRISTIAN BIBLE INSTITUTE (Location:
14000 METROPOLITAN PKY; Private, not-for-profit)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sterling Heights:
- MACOMB COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 5 miles; WARREN, MI;
Full-time enrollment: 11,057)
- UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-DETROIT CAMPUS (about 9 miles;
TROY, MI; FT enrollment: 2,090)
- OAKLAND UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; ROCHESTER HILLS,
MI; FT enrollment: 11,424)
- MARYGROVE COLLEGE (about 14 miles; DETROIT, MI; FT
enrollment: 5,301)
- UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY (about 14 miles;
DETROIT, MI; FT enrollment: 4,119)
- OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE-BLOOMFIELD HILLS CAMPUS
(about 14 miles; BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI; FT enrollment:
11,634)
- WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; DETROIT, MI;
FT enrollment: 20,389)
Public high schools in Sterling Heights:
- HENRY FORD II HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,757;
Location: 11911 CLINTON RIVER ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- ADLAI STEVENSON HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,723;
Location: 39701 DODGE PARK ROAD; Grades: 10 - 12)
- STERLING HEIGHTS SENIOR H.S. (Students:
1,571; Location: 12901 15 MILE ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- UTICA LEARNING ACADEMY (Students: 172;
Location: 7600 18 MILE ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Sterling Heights:
- BETHESDA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 372;
Location: 14500 METROPOLITAN PKWY; Grades: PK - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Sterling
Heights:
- FRANK JEANNETTE JR. HIGH SCHOOL (Students:
997; Location: 40400 GULLIVER DRIVE; Grades: 07 - 09)
- BEMIS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 989;
Location: 12500 19 MILE ROAD; Grades: 07 - 08)
- DAVIS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 857;
Location: 11311 PLUMBROOK ROAD; Grades: 07 - 09)
- GRISSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 781;
Location: 35701 RYAN ROAD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- GRAEBNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 688;
Location: 41875 SAAL ROAD; Grades: PK - 06)
- SCHWARZKOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 675;
Location: 8401 CONSTITUTION BOULEVARD; Grades: PK - 06)
- SCHUCHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 661;
Location: 2900 HOLLY DRIVE; Grades: PK - 06)
- FLYNN MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 649; Location:
2899 FOX HILL DRIVE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- CARLETON MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 577;
Location: 8900 15 MILE ROAD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- DRESDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 572;
Location: 11400 DELVIN DRIVE; Grades: PK - 06)
Library in Sterling Heights:
- STERLING HEIGHTS PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $2,069,870; Location: 40255 DODGE PARK ROAD;
207,669 books; 17,206 audio materials; 5,838 video
materials; 368 serial subscriptions)
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