Middlebury vs Nappanee

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

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

Nappanee has the higher population (7,040 vs 3,681 in Middlebury). Middlebury has the higher median household income ($81,094 vs $66,944 in Nappanee). Middlebury has the higher median home value ($230,300 vs $209,000 in Nappanee).

Population, income & housing

	Middlebury	Nappanee
Population	3,681	7,040
Median age	39.5 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,094	$66,944
Median home value	$230,300	$209,000
Median gross rent	$1,072	$876
Housing units	1,387	2,985
Homeownership rate	80.2%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middlebury	Nappanee
Population	3,575 → 3,681 (+3.0%)	7,033 → 7,040 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$71,442 → $81,094 (+13.5%)	$55,125 → $66,944 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$170,400 → $230,300 (+35.2%)	$123,200 → $209,000 (+69.6%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $1,072 (+15.0%)	$829 → $876 (+5.7%)

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

Nappanee

Population

7,0337,040

Median household income

$55,125$66,944

Median home value

$123,200$209,000

Median gross rent

$829$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middlebury	Nappanee
Under 5	9.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	18.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.2%	21.0%
35 to 44	15.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	17.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.3%
75 and over	5.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middlebury	Nappanee
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	75.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middlebury	Nappanee
No high school diploma	10.0%	16.8%
High school graduate	41.3%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middlebury	Nappanee
Drove alone	84.7%	75.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	2.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middlebury	Nappanee
1-unit, detached	80.0%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Middlebury	Nappanee
Poverty rate	11.4%	10.9%
Average household size	2.88	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1984	1984