Latham vs Middletown

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

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

Latham has the higher population (322 vs 236 in Middletown). Latham has the higher median household income ($76,667 vs $52,857 in Middletown). Latham has the higher median home value ($79,000 vs $66,300 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Latham	Middletown
Population	322	236
Median age	47.6 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,667	$52,857
Median home value	$79,000	$66,300
Median gross rent	$936	$810
Housing units	161	128
Homeownership rate	88.4%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Latham	Middletown
Population	409 → 322 (-21.3%)	290 → 236 (-18.6%)
Median household income	$53,963 → $76,667 (+42.1%)	$55,938 → $52,857 (-5.5%)
Median home value	$91,300 → $79,000 (-13.5%)	$61,800 → $66,300 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $936 (+91.8%)	$655 → $810 (+23.7%)

Latham

Population

409322

Median household income

$53,963$76,667

Median home value

$91,300$79,000

Median gross rent

$488$936

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)

	Latham	Middletown
Under 5	4.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	14.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	7.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	8.4%	16.9%
45 to 54	23.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	19.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	9.7%
75 and over	5.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Latham	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	97.9%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Latham	Middletown
No high school diploma	9.8%	14.1%
High school graduate	28.6%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Latham	Middletown
Drove alone	81.0%	88.6%
Carpooled	15.6%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Latham	Middletown
1-unit, detached	90.1%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Latham	Middletown
Poverty rate	8.7%	32.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1943	1947