Brookside vs Middletown

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

Brookside 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 15,262 in Brookside). Middletown has the higher median household income ($115,252 vs $72,031 in Brookside). Middletown has the higher median home value ($399,500 vs $264,800 in Brookside).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	Middletown
Population	15,262	24,071
Median age	35.5 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,031	$115,252
Median home value	$264,800	$399,500
Median gross rent	$1,381	$1,567
Housing units	5,975	8,858
Homeownership rate	62.3%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	Middletown
Population	13,396 → 15,262 (+13.9%)	21,692 → 24,071 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$58,555 → $72,031 (+23.0%)	$90,134 → $115,252 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$197,200 → $264,800 (+34.3%)	$301,700 → $399,500 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,260 → $1,381 (+9.6%)	$1,254 → $1,567 (+25.0%)

Brookside

Population

13,39615,262

Median household income

$58,555$72,031

Median home value

$197,200$264,800

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,381

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)

	Brookside	Middletown
Under 5	6.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.1%	24.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	19.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	15.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.6%
75 and over	5.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	49.7%	55.1%
Black or African American	20.8%	27.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	3.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	Middletown
No high school diploma	9.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	33.2%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	Middletown
Drove alone	74.3%	76.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	4.1%
Public transit	2.2%	0.7%
Walked	0.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	17.5%
Other means	2.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	Middletown
1-unit, detached	63.2%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	29.4%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	Middletown
Poverty rate	15.8%	7.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1967	2005