Broadwell vs Middletown

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

Broadwell 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 206 in Broadwell). Broadwell has the higher median household income ($54,167 vs $52,857 in Middletown). Broadwell has the higher median home value ($99,100 vs $66,300 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Broadwell	Middletown
Population	206	236
Median age	48.9 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,167	$52,857
Median home value	$99,100	$66,300
Median gross rent	$735	$810
Housing units	141	128
Homeownership rate	59.7%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	19.8%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broadwell	Middletown
Population	175 → 206 (+17.7%)	290 → 236 (-18.6%)
Median household income	$62,000 → $54,167 (-12.6%)	$55,938 → $52,857 (-5.5%)
Median home value	$59,000 → $99,100 (+68.0%)	$61,800 → $66,300 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $735 (+4.1%)	$655 → $810 (+23.7%)

Broadwell

Population

175206

Median household income

$62,000$54,167

Median home value

$59,000$99,100

Median gross rent

$706$735

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)

	Broadwell	Middletown
Under 5	2.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	4.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	13.1%	5.9%
25 to 34	18.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	4.9%	16.9%
45 to 54	19.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	19.5%
65 to 74	13.6%	9.7%
75 and over	7.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broadwell	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	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	1.9%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broadwell	Middletown
No high school diploma	21.5%	14.1%
High school graduate	38.0%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broadwell	Middletown
Drove alone	94.4%	88.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broadwell	Middletown
1-unit, detached	63.8%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Broadwell	Middletown
Poverty rate	19.4%	32.8%
Average household size	1.66	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1959	1947