Knightstown vs Middletown

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

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

Middletown has the higher population (2,163 vs 2,154 in Knightstown). Middletown has the higher median household income ($55,833 vs $44,655 in Knightstown). Knightstown has the higher median home value ($121,500 vs $98,500 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Knightstown	Middletown
Population	2,154	2,163
Median age	40.1 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,655	$55,833
Median home value	$121,500	$98,500
Median gross rent	$805	$806
Housing units	1,059	912
Homeownership rate	63.0%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knightstown	Middletown
Population	2,223 → 2,154 (-3.1%)	2,568 → 2,163 (-15.8%)
Median household income	$52,037 → $44,655 (-14.2%)	$51,581 → $55,833 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$82,300 → $121,500 (+47.6%)	$73,300 → $98,500 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $805 (+9.2%)	$641 → $806 (+25.7%)

Knightstown

Population

2,2232,154

Median household income

$52,037$44,655

Median home value

$82,300$121,500

Median gross rent

$737$805

Middletown

Population

2,5682,163

Median household income

$51,581$55,833

Median home value

$73,300$98,500

Median gross rent

$641$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knightstown	Middletown
Under 5	6.8%	8.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	10.0%
18 to 24	9.5%	10.7%
25 to 34	9.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.9%
75 and over	4.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knightstown	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	91.0%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knightstown	Middletown
No high school diploma	8.6%	7.2%
High school graduate	49.2%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knightstown	Middletown
Drove alone	87.5%	86.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	3.5%
Walked	2.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knightstown	Middletown
1-unit, detached	71.2%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	7.2%
20 or more units	5.4%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Knightstown	Middletown
Poverty rate	23.7%	12.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1941	1956