Middletown vs Westwood

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

Middletown and Westwood 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 555 in Westwood). Westwood has the higher median household income ($88,973 vs $55,833 in Middletown). Since 2019, Westwood's population has grown faster (+7.8% vs -15.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Westwood
Population	2,163	555
Median age	40.2 yrs	24.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,833	$88,973
Median home value	$98,500	—
Median gross rent	$806	—
Housing units	912	154
Homeownership rate	62.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Westwood
Population	2,568 → 2,163 (-15.8%)	515 → 555 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$51,581 → $55,833 (+8.2%)	$86,875 → $88,973 (+2.4%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $98,500 (+34.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$641 → $806 (+25.7%)	—

Middletown

Population

2,5682,163

Median household income

$51,581$55,833

Median home value

$73,300$98,500

Median gross rent

$641$806

Westwood

Population

515555

Median household income

$86,875$88,973

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Westwood
Under 5	8.9%	27.7%
5 to 17	10.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	12.6%
25 to 34	13.6%	23.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	0.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	1.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	4.5%
75 and over	10.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	100.0%
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	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Westwood
No high school diploma	7.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	51.1%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Westwood
Drove alone	86.4%	92.4%
Carpooled	5.1%	7.6%
Public transit	3.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Westwood
1-unit, detached	67.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Westwood
Poverty rate	12.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.45	3.94
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1956	1992