Durham vs Middletown

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

Durham 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 3,508 in Durham). Durham has the higher median household income ($126,406 vs $73,979 in Middletown). Durham has the higher median home value ($378,900 vs $279,500 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Durham	Middletown
Population	3,508	47,646
Median age	46.6 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$126,406	$73,979
Median home value	$378,900	$279,500
Median gross rent	$1,684	$1,392
Housing units	1,439	22,165
Homeownership rate	87.8%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durham	Middletown
Population	2,752 → 3,508 (+27.5%)	46,511 → 47,646 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$108,333 → $126,406 (+16.7%)	$65,572 → $73,979 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$275,800 → $378,900 (+37.4%)	$231,300 → $279,500 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,492 → $1,684 (+12.9%)	$1,133 → $1,392 (+22.9%)

Durham

Population

2,7523,508

Median household income

$108,333$126,406

Median home value

$275,800$378,900

Median gross rent

$1,492$1,684

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)

	Durham	Middletown
Under 5	2.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	10.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	14.4%
25 to 34	16.6%	16.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	15.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	18.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.4%
75 and over	9.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durham	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	64.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durham	Middletown
No high school diploma	6.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	28.6%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durham	Middletown
Drove alone	71.8%	70.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	6.1%
Public transit	3.5%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	18.4%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durham	Middletown
1-unit, detached	94.0%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Durham	Middletown
Poverty rate	7.6%	12.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1976	1973