Mount Sterling is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 7,588 people and six associated neighborhoods, Mount Sterling is the 59th largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some cities, Mount Sterling isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mount Sterling are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Sterling is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Sterling who work in office and administrative support (15.63%), sales jobs (8.40%), and teaching (7.18%). A relatively large number of people in Mount Sterling telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.48% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small city, Mount Sterling does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Mount Sterling are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.58% of adults in Mount Sterling having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Mount Sterling in 2022 was $27,422, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,688 for a family of four. However, Mount Sterling contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Mount Sterling home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Sterling residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mount Sterling include English, Irish, German, European, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Mount Sterling is English. Other important languages spoken here include Mon-Khmer (Cambodian) and Spanish.
