Bristol vs Middlebury

A side-by-side comparison of Bristol and Middlebury: population, income, housing, and more.

Bristol and Middlebury are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Middlebury has the higher population (3,681 vs 1,903 in Bristol). Bristol has the higher median household income ($81,656 vs $81,094 in Middlebury). Middlebury has the higher median home value ($230,300 vs $202,900 in Bristol).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Middlebury
Population	1,903	3,681
Median age	30.7 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,656	$81,094
Median home value	$202,900	$230,300
Median gross rent	$1,073	$1,072
Housing units	849	1,387
Homeownership rate	81.2%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Middlebury
Population	1,518 → 1,903 (+25.4%)	3,575 → 3,681 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$56,964 → $81,656 (+43.3%)	$71,442 → $81,094 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$141,600 → $202,900 (+43.3%)	$170,400 → $230,300 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,073 (+31.0%)	$932 → $1,072 (+15.0%)

Bristol

Population

1,5181,903

Median household income

$56,964$81,656

Median home value

$141,600$202,900

Median gross rent

$819$1,073

Middlebury

Population

3,5753,681

Median household income

$71,442$81,094

Median home value

$170,400$230,300

Median gross rent

$932$1,072

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	Middlebury
Under 5	11.7%	9.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	13.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	10.2%
35 to 44	8.1%	15.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	8.0%	17.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.1%
75 and over	8.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Middlebury
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	84.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Middlebury
No high school diploma	14.5%	10.0%
High school graduate	31.6%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Middlebury
Drove alone	55.6%	84.7%
Carpooled	31.4%	7.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	6.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Middlebury
1-unit, detached	73.5%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	2.2%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Middlebury
Poverty rate	3.8%	11.4%
Average household size	2.99	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1978	1984