Burlington vs Middletown

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

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

Burlington has the higher population (23,800 vs 319 in Middletown). Middletown has the higher median household income ($64,167 vs $55,274 in Burlington). Middletown has the higher median home value ($144,300 vs $115,800 in Burlington).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Middletown
Population	23,800	319
Median age	42.8 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,274	$64,167
Median home value	$115,800	$144,300
Median gross rent	$931	$784
Housing units	12,506	158
Homeownership rate	68.7%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Middletown
Population	24,974 → 23,800 (-4.7%)	397 → 319 (-19.6%)
Median household income	$47,540 → $55,274 (+16.3%)	$60,000 → $64,167 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $115,800 (+24.2%)	$130,700 → $144,300 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$799 → $931 (+16.5%)	$771 → $784 (+1.7%)

Burlington

Population

24,97423,800

Median household income

$47,540$55,274

Median home value

$93,200$115,800

Median gross rent

$799$931

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)

	Burlington	Middletown
Under 5	4.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	21.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	17.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	13.2%	9.7%
75 and over	9.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	94.0%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Middletown
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	36.2%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Middletown
Drove alone	79.8%	88.9%
Carpooled	11.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.7%
Other means	1.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Middletown
1-unit, detached	77.8%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Middletown
Poverty rate	15.9%	11.4%
Average household size	2.09	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1951	1953