Clinton vs Middletown

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

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

Middletown has the higher population (47,646 vs 3,547 in Clinton). Clinton has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $73,979 in Middletown). Clinton has the higher median home value ($344,200 vs $279,500 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton	Middletown
Population	3,547	47,646
Median age	51.6 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$83,333	$73,979
Median home value	$344,200	$279,500
Median gross rent	$1,408	$1,392
Housing units	1,766	22,165
Homeownership rate	64.7%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton	Middletown
Population	3,388 → 3,547 (+4.7%)	46,511 → 47,646 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$69,087 → $83,333 (+20.6%)	$65,572 → $73,979 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$269,900 → $344,200 (+27.5%)	$231,300 → $279,500 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,216 → $1,408 (+15.8%)	$1,133 → $1,392 (+22.9%)

Clinton

Population

3,3883,547

Median household income

$69,087$83,333

Median home value

$269,900$344,200

Median gross rent

$1,216$1,408

Middletown

Population

46,51147,646

Median household income

$65,572$73,979

Median home value

$231,300$279,500

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,392

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clinton	Middletown
Under 5	3.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	10.0%	10.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	14.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	16.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	17.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	16.5%	9.4%
75 and over	11.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	64.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton	Middletown
No high school diploma	4.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	34.4%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton	Middletown
Drove alone	76.9%	70.3%
Carpooled	11.1%	6.1%
Public transit	0.9%	1.3%
Walked	2.5%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.5%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton	Middletown
1-unit, detached	59.3%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	16.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Clinton	Middletown
Poverty rate	12.5%	12.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1962	1973