Middlebury vs New Paris

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

Middlebury and New Paris 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 1,630 in New Paris). Middlebury has the higher median household income ($81,094 vs $71,750 in New Paris). Middlebury has the higher median home value ($230,300 vs $173,100 in New Paris).

Population, income & housing

	Middlebury	New Paris
Population	3,681	1,630
Median age	39.5 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,094	$71,750
Median home value	$230,300	$173,100
Median gross rent	$1,072	$1,066
Housing units	1,387	562
Homeownership rate	80.2%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middlebury	New Paris
Population	3,575 → 3,681 (+3.0%)	1,503 → 1,630 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$71,442 → $81,094 (+13.5%)	$50,078 → $71,750 (+43.3%)
Median home value	$170,400 → $230,300 (+35.2%)	$113,500 → $173,100 (+52.5%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $1,072 (+15.0%)	$793 → $1,066 (+34.4%)

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

New Paris

Population

1,5031,630

Median household income

$50,078$71,750

Median home value

$113,500$173,100

Median gross rent

$793$1,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middlebury	New Paris
Under 5	9.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	19.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.2%	14.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	17.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.2%
75 and over	5.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middlebury	New Paris
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middlebury	New Paris
No high school diploma	10.0%	21.3%
High school graduate	41.3%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middlebury	New Paris
Drove alone	84.7%	91.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.5%
Other means	0.7%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middlebury	New Paris
1-unit, detached	80.0%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middlebury	New Paris
Poverty rate	11.4%	12.2%
Average household size	2.88	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1984	1967