Middletown vs Wilmington

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

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

Wilmington has the higher population (71,124 vs 24,071 in Middletown). Middletown has the higher median household income ($115,252 vs $55,269 in Wilmington). Middletown has the higher median home value ($399,500 vs $224,500 in Wilmington).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Wilmington
Population	24,071	71,124
Median age	38.4 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$115,252	$55,269
Median home value	$399,500	$224,500
Median gross rent	$1,567	$1,187
Housing units	8,858	35,772
Homeownership rate	76.3%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Wilmington
Population	21,692 → 24,071 (+11.0%)	70,644 → 71,124 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$90,134 → $115,252 (+27.9%)	$45,032 → $55,269 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$301,700 → $399,500 (+32.4%)	$168,000 → $224,500 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,254 → $1,567 (+25.0%)	$1,001 → $1,187 (+18.6%)

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

Wilmington

Population

70,64471,124

Median household income

$45,032$55,269

Median home value

$168,000$224,500

Median gross rent

$1,001$1,187

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Wilmington
Under 5	4.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	24.2%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	17.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.5%
75 and over	7.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	55.1%	29.6%
Black or African American	27.8%	51.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.7%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Wilmington
No high school diploma	4.4%	11.4%
High school graduate	21.2%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Wilmington
Drove alone	76.4%	62.2%
Carpooled	4.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.7%	8.4%
Walked	0.4%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	17.5%	14.5%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	52.6%	9.3%
1-unit, attached	29.4%	53.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	5.4%
20 or more units	3.9%	18.9%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Wilmington
Poverty rate	7.0%	23.2%
Average household size	2.75	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	2005	1946