Middletown vs Soda Bay

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

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

Middletown has the higher population (1,659 vs 968 in Soda Bay). Middletown has the higher median household income ($170,605 vs $96,994 in Soda Bay). Middletown has the higher median home value ($481,900 vs $330,600 in Soda Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Soda Bay
Population	1,659	968
Median age	40.0 yrs	58.2 yrs
Median household income	$170,605	$96,994
Median home value	$481,900	$330,600
Median gross rent	$2,197	—
Housing units	781	690
Homeownership rate	59.2%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Soda Bay
Population	739 → 1,659 (+124.5%)	878 → 968 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$144,696 → $170,605 (+17.9%)	$57,175 → $96,994 (+69.6%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $481,900 (-75.9%)	$233,800 → $330,600 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,506 → $2,197 (+45.9%)	$1,098 → $1,472 (+34.1%)

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

Soda Bay

Population

878968

Median household income

$57,175$96,994

Median home value

$233,800$330,600

Median gross rent

$1,098$1,472

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Soda Bay
Under 5	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	5.5%	3.1%
45 to 54	21.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	26.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	20.1%
75 and over	0.1%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Soda Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	67.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	7.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	36.6%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Soda Bay
No high school diploma	27.7%	11.9%
High school graduate	10.6%	12.1%
Some college or associate's	48.9%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Soda Bay
Drove alone	78.9%	60.4%
Carpooled	13.2%	24.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Soda Bay
1-unit, detached	49.4%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	23.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Soda Bay
Poverty rate	10.0%	4.0%
Average household size	2.68	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1984	1985