Middletown vs Upper Lake

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

Middletown and Upper Lake 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 1,204 in Upper Lake). Middletown has the higher median household income ($170,605 vs $104,936 in Upper Lake). Middletown has the higher median home value ($481,900 vs $344,000 in Upper Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Upper Lake
Population	1,659	1,204
Median age	40.0 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$170,605	$104,936
Median home value	$481,900	$344,000
Median gross rent	$2,197	—
Housing units	781	473
Homeownership rate	59.2%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Upper Lake
Population	739 → 1,659 (+124.5%)	896 → 1,204 (+34.4%)
Median household income	$144,696 → $170,605 (+17.9%)	$47,375 → $104,936 (+121.5%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $481,900 (-75.9%)	$234,200 → $344,000 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,506 → $2,197 (+45.9%)	$708 → $595 (-16.0%)

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

Upper Lake

Population

8961,204

Median household income

$47,375$104,936

Median home value

$234,200$344,000

Median gross rent

$708$595

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Upper Lake
Under 5	7.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	22.2%	7.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	3.9%
35 to 44	5.5%	25.4%
45 to 54	21.7%	21.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	12.4%	7.1%
75 and over	0.1%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Upper Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	71.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
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%	18.6%
Hispanic or Latino	36.6%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Upper Lake
No high school diploma	27.7%	6.8%
High school graduate	10.6%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	48.9%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Upper Lake
Drove alone	78.9%	81.9%
Carpooled	13.2%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Upper Lake
1-unit, detached	49.4%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	23.4%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Upper Lake
Poverty rate	10.0%	8.5%
Average household size	2.68	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1984	1971