Middletown vs Mount Summit

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

Middletown and Mount Summit 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 742 in Mount Summit). Mount Summit has the higher median home value ($211,000 vs $98,500 in Middletown). Since 2019, Mount Summit's population has grown faster (+47.8% vs -15.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Mount Summit
Population	2,163	742
Median age	40.2 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,833	—
Median home value	$98,500	$211,000
Median gross rent	$806	$906
Housing units	912	397
Homeownership rate	62.6%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Mount Summit
Population	2,568 → 2,163 (-15.8%)	502 → 742 (+47.8%)
Median household income	$51,581 → $55,833 (+8.2%)	$56,058 → $64,000 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $98,500 (+34.4%)	$85,300 → $211,000 (+147.4%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $806 (+25.7%)	$766 → $906 (+18.3%)

Middletown

Population

2,5682,163

Median household income

$51,581$55,833

Median home value

$73,300$98,500

Median gross rent

$641$806

Mount Summit

Population

502742

Median household income

$56,058$64,000

Median home value

$85,300$211,000

Median gross rent

$766$906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Mount Summit
Under 5	8.9%	7.5%
5 to 17	10.0%	12.9%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.6%	8.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	6.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	5.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	3.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	15.4%
75 and over	10.4%	31.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Mount Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	98.5%
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	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Mount Summit
No high school diploma	7.2%	1.3%
High school graduate	51.1%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Mount Summit
Drove alone	86.4%	77.4%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.5%
Public transit	3.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Mount Summit
1-unit, detached	67.1%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	48.1%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	2.3%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Mount Summit
Poverty rate	12.4%	8.8%
Average household size	2.45	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1956	2001