Middletown vs Nice

A side-by-side comparison of Middletown and Nice: population, income, housing, and more.

Middletown and Nice are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Nice has the higher population (2,517 vs 1,659 in Middletown). Middletown has the higher median household income ($170,605 vs $70,274 in Nice). Middletown has the higher median home value ($481,900 vs $173,100 in Nice).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Nice
Population	1,659	2,517
Median age	40.0 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$170,605	$70,274
Median home value	$481,900	$173,100
Median gross rent	$2,197	$1,328
Housing units	781	1,566
Homeownership rate	59.2%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Nice
Population	739 → 1,659 (+124.5%)	2,527 → 2,517 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$144,696 → $170,605 (+17.9%)	$48,288 → $70,274 (+45.5%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $481,900 (-75.9%)	$140,100 → $173,100 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,506 → $2,197 (+45.9%)	$993 → $1,328 (+33.7%)

Middletown

Population

7391,659

Median household income

$144,696$170,605

Median home value

$2,000,001$481,900

Median gross rent

$1,506$2,197

Nice

Population

2,5272,517

Median household income

$48,288$70,274

Median home value

$140,100$173,100

Median gross rent

$993$1,328

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Nice
Under 5	7.2%	11.0%
5 to 17	22.2%	7.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	4.8%
35 to 44	5.5%	17.6%
45 to 54	21.7%	7.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	12.4%	18.4%
75 and over	0.1%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Nice
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	63.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	36.6%	29.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Nice
No high school diploma	27.7%	17.5%
High school graduate	10.6%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	48.9%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Nice
Drove alone	78.9%	76.8%
Carpooled	13.2%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Nice
1-unit, detached	49.4%	47.2%
1-unit, attached	23.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	41.7%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Nice
Poverty rate	10.0%	12.8%
Average household size	2.68	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1984	1978