Bear vs Middletown

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

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

Middletown has the higher population (24,071 vs 22,604 in Bear). Middletown has the higher median household income ($115,252 vs $88,985 in Bear). Middletown has the higher median home value ($399,500 vs $280,200 in Bear).

Population, income & housing

	Bear	Middletown
Population	22,604	24,071
Median age	39.4 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,985	$115,252
Median home value	$280,200	$399,500
Median gross rent	$1,676	$1,567
Housing units	9,341	8,858
Homeownership rate	64.3%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear	Middletown
Population	20,850 → 22,604 (+8.4%)	21,692 → 24,071 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$72,192 → $88,985 (+23.3%)	$90,134 → $115,252 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$209,700 → $280,200 (+33.6%)	$301,700 → $399,500 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,391 → $1,676 (+20.5%)	$1,254 → $1,567 (+25.0%)

Bear

Population

20,85022,604

Median household income

$72,192$88,985

Median home value

$209,700$280,200

Median gross rent

$1,391$1,676

Middletown

Population

21,69224,071

Median household income

$90,134$115,252

Median home value

$301,700$399,500

Median gross rent

$1,254$1,567

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear	Middletown
Under 5	5.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	24.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.6%
75 and over	4.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	55.1%
Black or African American	37.7%	27.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.1%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	3.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear	Middletown
No high school diploma	14.3%	4.4%
High school graduate	30.8%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear	Middletown
Drove alone	76.7%	76.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	4.1%
Public transit	1.5%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	17.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear	Middletown
1-unit, detached	30.8%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	26.0%	29.4%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	10.3%
20 or more units	9.7%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Bear	Middletown
Poverty rate	9.7%	7.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1996	2005