Beaverdale vs Middletown

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

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

Beaverdale has the higher population (905 vs 319 in Middletown). Beaverdale has the higher median household income ($66,000 vs $64,167 in Middletown). Beaverdale has the higher median home value ($171,200 vs $144,300 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Beaverdale	Middletown
Population	905	319
Median age	50.6 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,000	$64,167
Median home value	$171,200	$144,300
Median gross rent	$1,369	$784
Housing units	413	158
Homeownership rate	87.8%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaverdale	Middletown
Population	1,002 → 905 (-9.7%)	397 → 319 (-19.6%)
Median household income	$61,917 → $66,000 (+6.6%)	$60,000 → $64,167 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $171,200 (+78.7%)	$130,700 → $144,300 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $1,369 (+59.0%)	$771 → $784 (+1.7%)

Beaverdale

Population

1,002905

Median household income

$61,917$66,000

Median home value

$95,800$171,200

Median gross rent

$861$1,369

Middletown

Population

397319

Median household income

$60,000$64,167

Median home value

$130,700$144,300

Median gross rent

$771$784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaverdale	Middletown
Under 5	9.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	21.3%
18 to 24	4.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	5.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.3%	17.6%
45 to 54	16.6%	14.7%
55 to 64	16.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	12.8%	9.7%
75 and over	8.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaverdale	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaverdale	Middletown
No high school diploma	14.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	29.8%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaverdale	Middletown
Drove alone	68.1%	88.9%
Carpooled	13.7%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	18.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaverdale	Middletown
1-unit, detached	64.6%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.4%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Beaverdale	Middletown
Poverty rate	20.4%	11.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	11	18
Median year structure built	1979	1953