Middletown vs Spring Valley

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

Middletown and Spring Valley 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 775 in Spring Valley). Middletown has the higher median household income ($170,605 vs $43,816 in Spring Valley). Middletown has the higher median home value ($481,900 vs $358,900 in Spring Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Spring Valley
Population	1,659	775
Median age	40.0 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$170,605	$43,816
Median home value	$481,900	$358,900
Median gross rent	$2,197	$1,420
Housing units	781	404
Homeownership rate	59.2%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Spring Valley
Population	739 → 1,659 (+124.5%)	1,094 → 775 (-29.2%)
Median household income	$144,696 → $170,605 (+17.9%)	$56,017 → $43,816 (-21.8%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $481,900 (-75.9%)	$259,600 → $358,900 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,506 → $2,197 (+45.9%)	$1,196 → $1,420 (+18.7%)

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

Spring Valley

Population

1,094775

Median household income

$56,017$43,816

Median home value

$259,600$358,900

Median gross rent

$1,196$1,420

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Spring Valley
Under 5	7.2%	1.5%
5 to 17	22.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	11.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	5.5%	3.0%
45 to 54	21.7%	2.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	23.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	20.8%
75 and over	0.1%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Spring Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	68.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	36.6%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Spring Valley
No high school diploma	27.7%	5.8%
High school graduate	10.6%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	48.9%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Spring Valley
Drove alone	78.9%	79.4%
Carpooled	13.2%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Spring Valley
1-unit, detached	49.4%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	23.4%	2.5%
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%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Spring Valley
Poverty rate	10.0%	19.9%
Average household size	2.68	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1984	1997