Middletown vs Portland

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

Middletown and Portland 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 5,970 in Portland). Portland has the higher median household income ($91,522 vs $73,979 in Middletown). Middletown has the higher median home value ($279,500 vs $267,600 in Portland).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Portland
Population	47,646	5,970
Median age	39.0 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,979	$91,522
Median home value	$279,500	$267,600
Median gross rent	$1,392	$1,112
Housing units	22,165	2,629
Homeownership rate	53.1%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.7%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Portland
Population	46,511 → 47,646 (+2.4%)	5,552 → 5,970 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$65,572 → $73,979 (+12.8%)	$73,523 → $91,522 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$231,300 → $279,500 (+20.8%)	$229,400 → $267,600 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,392 (+22.9%)	$1,094 → $1,112 (+1.6%)

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

Portland

Population

5,5525,970

Median household income

$73,523$91,522

Median home value

$229,400$267,600

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,112

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Portland
Under 5	3.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	10.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	14.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	16.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	20.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.8%
75 and over	7.2%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	85.0%
Black or African American	13.3%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Portland
No high school diploma	5.7%	10.7%
High school graduate	28.2%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Portland
Drove alone	70.3%	76.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.5%
Public transit	1.3%	0.6%
Walked	5.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	14.6%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Portland
1-unit, detached	44.3%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	18.2%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Portland
Poverty rate	12.2%	7.2%
Average household size	2.08	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1973	1953