Middletown vs New Castle

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

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

New Castle has the higher population (17,356 vs 2,163 in Middletown). Middletown has the higher median household income ($55,833 vs $48,977 in New Castle). Middletown has the higher median home value ($98,500 vs $95,100 in New Castle).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	New Castle
Population	2,163	17,356
Median age	40.2 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,833	$48,977
Median home value	$98,500	$95,100
Median gross rent	$806	$797
Housing units	912	8,560
Homeownership rate	62.6%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	New Castle
Population	2,568 → 2,163 (-15.8%)	17,287 → 17,356 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$51,581 → $55,833 (+8.2%)	$38,545 → $48,977 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $98,500 (+34.4%)	$73,300 → $95,100 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $806 (+25.7%)	$707 → $797 (+12.7%)

Middletown

Population

2,5682,163

Median household income

$51,581$55,833

Median home value

$73,300$98,500

Median gross rent

$641$806

New Castle

Population

17,28717,356

Median household income

$38,545$48,977

Median home value

$73,300$95,100

Median gross rent

$707$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	New Castle
Under 5	8.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	10.0%	15.6%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.0%
75 and over	10.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	New Castle
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	New Castle
No high school diploma	7.2%	11.9%
High school graduate	51.1%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	New Castle
Drove alone	86.4%	76.6%
Carpooled	5.1%	11.8%
Public transit	3.5%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	New Castle
1-unit, detached	67.1%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	4.8%
20 or more units	2.5%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	New Castle
Poverty rate	12.4%	18.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1956	1954