Elkhart vs Middletown

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

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

Elkhart has the higher population (442 vs 236 in Middletown). Elkhart has the higher median household income ($98,750 vs $52,857 in Middletown). Elkhart has the higher median home value ($123,200 vs $66,300 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhart	Middletown
Population	442	236
Median age	45.3 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$98,750	$52,857
Median home value	$123,200	$66,300
Median gross rent	$768	$810
Housing units	216	128
Homeownership rate	78.4%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhart	Middletown
Population	482 → 442 (-8.3%)	290 → 236 (-18.6%)
Median household income	$68,250 → $98,750 (+44.7%)	$55,938 → $52,857 (-5.5%)
Median home value	$110,200 → $123,200 (+11.8%)	$61,800 → $66,300 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $768 (+9.7%)	$655 → $810 (+23.7%)

Elkhart

Population

482442

Median household income

$68,250$98,750

Median home value

$110,200$123,200

Median gross rent

$700$768

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)

	Elkhart	Middletown
Under 5	4.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	2.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	8.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	16.9%
45 to 54	18.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	19.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.7%
75 and over	6.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhart	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhart	Middletown
No high school diploma	3.1%	14.1%
High school graduate	30.0%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhart	Middletown
Drove alone	79.9%	88.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhart	Middletown
1-unit, detached	96.8%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Elkhart	Middletown
Poverty rate	3.6%	32.8%
Average household size	2.22	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1957	1947