Lake Pocotopaug vs Middletown

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

Lake Pocotopaug 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 4,715 in Lake Pocotopaug). Lake Pocotopaug has the higher median household income ($108,430 vs $73,979 in Middletown). Lake Pocotopaug has the higher median home value ($304,700 vs $279,500 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Pocotopaug	Middletown
Population	4,715	47,646
Median age	46.3 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$108,430	$73,979
Median home value	$304,700	$279,500
Median gross rent	$1,403	$1,392
Housing units	2,181	22,165
Homeownership rate	84.2%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Pocotopaug	Middletown
Population	3,117 → 4,715 (+51.3%)	46,511 → 47,646 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$74,269 → $108,430 (+46.0%)	$65,572 → $73,979 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$268,600 → $304,700 (+13.4%)	$231,300 → $279,500 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,240 → $1,403 (+13.1%)	$1,133 → $1,392 (+22.9%)

Lake Pocotopaug

Population

3,1174,715

Median household income

$74,269$108,430

Median home value

$268,600$304,700

Median gross rent

$1,240$1,403

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)

	Lake Pocotopaug	Middletown
Under 5	7.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	10.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	14.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	16.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	15.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.1%
65 to 74	14.0%	9.4%
75 and over	8.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Pocotopaug	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	64.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Pocotopaug	Middletown
No high school diploma	6.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	26.6%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Pocotopaug	Middletown
Drove alone	77.5%	70.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	2.8%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.2%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Pocotopaug	Middletown
1-unit, detached	68.6%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake Pocotopaug	Middletown
Poverty rate	3.6%	12.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1976	1973