Hartsburg vs Middletown

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

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

Hartsburg has the higher population (441 vs 236 in Middletown). Hartsburg has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $52,857 in Middletown). Hartsburg has the higher median home value ($89,500 vs $66,300 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Hartsburg	Middletown
Population	441	236
Median age	30.0 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$52,857
Median home value	$89,500	$66,300
Median gross rent	$1,055	$810
Housing units	225	128
Homeownership rate	73.3%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartsburg	Middletown
Population	264 → 441 (+67.0%)	290 → 236 (-18.6%)
Median household income	$51,667 → $72,500 (+40.3%)	$55,938 → $52,857 (-5.5%)
Median home value	$80,700 → $89,500 (+10.9%)	$61,800 → $66,300 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $1,055 (+54.9%)	$655 → $810 (+23.7%)

Hartsburg

Population

264441

Median household income

$51,667$72,500

Median home value

$80,700$89,500

Median gross rent

$681$1,055

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)

	Hartsburg	Middletown
Under 5	5.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	10.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	17.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	20.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	7.5%	16.9%
45 to 54	15.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	19.5%
65 to 74	4.1%	9.7%
75 and over	3.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartsburg	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	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	10.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartsburg	Middletown
No high school diploma	2.0%	14.1%
High school graduate	32.1%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartsburg	Middletown
Drove alone	74.3%	88.6%
Carpooled	22.4%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartsburg	Middletown
1-unit, detached	96.9%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Hartsburg	Middletown
Poverty rate	0.5%	32.8%
Average household size	2.14	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1952	1947