Hockessin vs Middletown

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

Hockessin 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 13,608 in Hockessin). Hockessin has the higher median household income ($172,695 vs $115,252 in Middletown). Hockessin has the higher median home value ($550,200 vs $399,500 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Hockessin	Middletown
Population	13,608	24,071
Median age	45.2 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$172,695	$115,252
Median home value	$550,200	$399,500
Median gross rent	$2,980	$1,567
Housing units	4,976	8,858
Homeownership rate	91.4%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.9%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hockessin	Middletown
Population	13,157 → 13,608 (+3.4%)	21,692 → 24,071 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$128,412 → $172,695 (+34.5%)	$90,134 → $115,252 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$441,200 → $550,200 (+24.7%)	$301,700 → $399,500 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,785 → $2,980 (+66.9%)	$1,254 → $1,567 (+25.0%)

Hockessin

Population

13,15713,608

Median household income

$128,412$172,695

Median home value

$441,200$550,200

Median gross rent

$1,785$2,980

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)

	Hockessin	Middletown
Under 5	5.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	24.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	6.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.4%
65 to 74	13.4%	9.6%
75 and over	11.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hockessin	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	55.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	27.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	3.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hockessin	Middletown
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.4%
High school graduate	13.5%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	31.6%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hockessin	Middletown
Drove alone	70.3%	76.4%
Carpooled	3.5%	4.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.7%
Walked	3.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.1%	17.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hockessin	Middletown
1-unit, detached	86.4%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	29.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	8.5%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Hockessin	Middletown
Poverty rate	1.3%	7.0%
Average household size	2.76	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1980	2005