Middletown vs Spiceland

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

Middletown and Spiceland 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 896 in Spiceland). Spiceland has the higher median household income ($63,676 vs $55,833 in Middletown). Spiceland has the higher median home value ($107,700 vs $98,500 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Spiceland
Population	2,163	896
Median age	40.2 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,833	$63,676
Median home value	$98,500	$107,700
Median gross rent	$806	$778
Housing units	912	364
Homeownership rate	62.6%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Spiceland
Population	2,568 → 2,163 (-15.8%)	825 → 896 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$51,581 → $55,833 (+8.2%)	$53,625 → $63,676 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $98,500 (+34.4%)	$81,600 → $107,700 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $806 (+25.7%)	$783 → $778 (-0.6%)

Middletown

Population

2,5682,163

Median household income

$51,581$55,833

Median home value

$73,300$98,500

Median gross rent

$641$806

Spiceland

Population

825896

Median household income

$53,625$63,676

Median home value

$81,600$107,700

Median gross rent

$783$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Spiceland
Under 5	8.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	10.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	10.7%	11.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	17.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	3.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	17.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	5.6%
75 and over	10.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Spiceland
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Spiceland
No high school diploma	7.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	51.1%	58.2%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Spiceland
Drove alone	86.4%	83.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	15.8%
Public transit	3.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Spiceland
1-unit, detached	67.1%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	3.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Spiceland
Poverty rate	12.4%	19.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1956	1951