Glasgow vs Middletown

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

Glasgow 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 16,095 in Glasgow). Middletown has the higher median household income ($115,252 vs $109,803 in Glasgow). Middletown has the higher median home value ($399,500 vs $346,200 in Glasgow).

Population, income & housing

	Glasgow	Middletown
Population	16,095	24,071
Median age	42.4 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$109,803	$115,252
Median home value	$346,200	$399,500
Median gross rent	$1,821	$1,567
Housing units	5,760	8,858
Homeownership rate	85.9%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glasgow	Middletown
Population	14,359 → 16,095 (+12.1%)	21,692 → 24,071 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$93,209 → $109,803 (+17.8%)	$90,134 → $115,252 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$274,000 → $346,200 (+26.4%)	$301,700 → $399,500 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,377 → $1,821 (+32.2%)	$1,254 → $1,567 (+25.0%)

Glasgow

Population

14,35916,095

Median household income

$93,209$109,803

Median home value

$274,000$346,200

Median gross rent

$1,377$1,821

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)

	Glasgow	Middletown
Under 5	7.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.9%	24.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	16.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	16.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	15.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.6%
75 and over	4.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glasgow	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	55.1%
Black or African American	25.9%	27.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.7%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glasgow	Middletown
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.4%
High school graduate	27.2%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glasgow	Middletown
Drove alone	78.8%	76.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	4.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.7%
Walked	0.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	17.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glasgow	Middletown
1-unit, detached	63.7%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	31.0%	29.4%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Glasgow	Middletown
Poverty rate	7.0%	7.0%
Average household size	2.85	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1993	2005