Middletown vs Newark

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

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

Newark has the higher population (30,309 vs 24,071 in Middletown). Middletown has the higher median household income ($115,252 vs $71,373 in Newark). Middletown has the higher median home value ($399,500 vs $357,600 in Newark).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Newark
Population	24,071	30,309
Median age	38.4 yrs	22.0 yrs
Median household income	$115,252	$71,373
Median home value	$399,500	$357,600
Median gross rent	$1,567	$1,611
Housing units	8,858	10,002
Homeownership rate	76.3%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Newark
Population	21,692 → 24,071 (+11.0%)	33,448 → 30,309 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$90,134 → $115,252 (+27.9%)	$58,434 → $71,373 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$301,700 → $399,500 (+32.4%)	$277,800 → $357,600 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,254 → $1,567 (+25.0%)	$1,308 → $1,611 (+23.2%)

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

Newark

Population

33,44830,309

Median household income

$58,434$71,373

Median home value

$277,800$357,600

Median gross rent

$1,308$1,611

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Newark
Under 5	4.3%	2.5%
5 to 17	24.2%	9.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	45.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	7.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	6.3%
55 to 64	10.4%	6.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	6.3%
75 and over	7.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Newark
White (non-Hispanic)	55.1%	65.9%
Black or African American	27.8%	10.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.7%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Newark
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	21.2%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Newark
Drove alone	76.4%	58.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.5%
Public transit	0.7%	2.4%
Walked	0.4%	13.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.1%
Worked from home	17.5%	17.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Newark
1-unit, detached	52.6%	41.6%
1-unit, attached	29.4%	15.1%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	20.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	17.6%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Newark
Poverty rate	7.0%	27.1%
Average household size	2.75	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	2005	1977