Beason vs Middletown

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

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

Middletown has the higher population (236 vs 136 in Beason). Beason has the higher median household income ($53,235 vs $52,857 in Middletown). Beason has the higher median home value ($81,100 vs $66,300 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Beason	Middletown
Population	136	236
Median age	42.2 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,235	$52,857
Median home value	$81,100	$66,300
Median gross rent	—	$810
Housing units	91	128
Homeownership rate	72.9%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beason	Middletown
Population	192 → 136 (-29.2%)	290 → 236 (-18.6%)
Median household income	$39,183 → $53,235 (+35.9%)	$55,938 → $52,857 (-5.5%)
Median home value	$57,800 → $81,100 (+40.3%)	$61,800 → $66,300 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$655 → $810 (+23.7%)

Beason

Population

192136

Median household income

$39,183$53,235

Median home value

$57,800$81,100

Middletown

Population

290236

Median household income

$55,938$52,857

Median home value

$61,800$66,300

Median gross rent

$655$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beason	Middletown
Under 5	6.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	10.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	19.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	16.9%	16.9%
45 to 54	19.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	16.9%	19.5%
65 to 74	5.9%	9.7%
75 and over	3.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beason	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beason	Middletown
No high school diploma	0.0%	14.1%
High school graduate	67.3%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beason	Middletown
Drove alone	87.4%	88.6%
Carpooled	3.9%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	8.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beason	Middletown
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Beason	Middletown
Poverty rate	0.0%	32.8%
Average household size	1.94	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1938	1947