What is the median home value in the Town of Sterling, NY?

Name: Home values in the Town of Sterling, NY, 2020–2024
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in the Town of Sterling, NY is $141,200 (±$41,168), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

In the Town of Sterling, the median home value went from $110,700 in 2015–2019 to $141,200 in 2020–2024 (+27.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $141,200 (±$41,168)
Owner-occupied homes: 1,278 (±112)
Most common range: $50,000 to $99,999

Home values in the Town of Sterling

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Town of Sterling	Cayuga County	New York	United States
Less than $50,000	8.7% (±3.7 points)	6.2%	3.9%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	27.7% (±8.0 points)	16.1%	5.6%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	14.6% (±6.4 points)	17.0%	6.7%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	21.4% (±7.4 points)	20.0%	8.3%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	10.3% (±5.2 points)	20.1%	13.2%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	13.3% (±5.4 points)	13.4%	19.7%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	3.5% (±2.6 points)	5.8%	30.1%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	0.4% (±0.7 points)	1.5%	12.6%	7.1%

The most common range is $50,000 to $99,999, 27.7% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

The Town of Sterling against Cayuga County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Town of Sterling	Cayuga County	New York	United States
Median home value	$141,200 (±$41,168)	$171,000 (±$3,760)	$423,800 (±$1,627)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	1,278 (±112)	22,518 (±566)	4,196,985 (±19,607)	84,210,142

In the Town of Sterling, the median home value is not measurably different from Cayuga County ($171,000).

It is also lower than in New York ($423,800).

It is lower than the national figure ($332,700).

In Cayuga County, the Town of Sterling ranks 22 of 24 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 756 of 1,003.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How home values in the Town of Sterling have changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median home value	$110,700 (±$10,727)	$141,200 (±$41,168)	+27.6%	No measurable change after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage	$1,197 (±$96)	$1,223 (±$108)	+2.2%	Down after inflation
Median real estate taxes	$2,287 (±$366)	$2,568 (±$500)	+12.3%	No measurable change after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median home value in places near the Town of Sterling

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with the Town of Sterling
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Town of Sterling	—	$141,200 (±$41,168)	—
Village of Fair Haven	2.4 mi	$189,300 (±$12,977)	Higher
Village of Hannibal	4.1 mi	$118,300 (±$16,212)	Not measurably different
Town of Hannibal	5.5 mi	$137,100 (±$20,416)	Not measurably different
Village of Red Creek	5.7 mi	$130,900 (±$25,588)	Not measurably different
Town of Wolcott	6.1 mi	$87,500 (±$15,502)	Lower
Town of Victory	7.3 mi	$165,200 (±$15,201)	Not measurably different
Town of Oswego	8.0 mi	$175,100 (±$17,098)	Not measurably different
Town of Ira	9.7 mi	$158,800 (±$16,255)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Town of Wolcott, NY ($87,500).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Village of Fair Haven, NY ($189,300).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median home value across Cayuga County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
16	Town of Moravia	$162,800 (±$15,411)
17	Town of Ira	$158,800 (±$16,255)
18	Town of Brutus	$154,900 (±$14,314)
19	Town of Sempronius	$154,200 (±$14,491)
20	Auburn	$152,800 (±$8,949)
21	Town of Conquest	$150,000 (±$48,888)
22	Town of Sterling	$141,200 (±$41,168)
23	Town of Montezuma	$116,200 (±$10,696)
24	Town of Mentz	$115,500 (±$30,776)

Showing 9 of 24 places in Cayuga County, ranked from highest to lowest.

A New York town includes the villages and hamlets inside it, so the figures for the Town of Sterling include them.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Town of Sterling

What is the average home value in the Town of Sterling, NY?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $141,200 (±$41,168) for owner-occupied homes in the Town of Sterling (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Have home values in the Town of Sterling gone up?

In the Town of Sterling, the median home value went from $110,700 in 2015–2019 to $141,200 in 2020–2024 (+27.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Is this what homes in the Town of Sterling sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Sterling town, Cayuga County, New York (county subdivision:71146, in state:36 county:011).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.