Middletown vs Sperry

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

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

Middletown has the higher population (319 vs 93 in Sperry). Since 2019, Middletown's population has grown faster (-19.6% vs -58.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Sperry
Population	319	93
Median age	40.9 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,167	—
Median home value	$144,300	—
Median gross rent	$784	—
Housing units	158	64
Homeownership rate	79.6%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Sperry
Population	397 → 319 (-19.6%)	225 → 93 (-58.7%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $64,167 (+6.9%)	$60,208 → $75,385 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$130,700 → $144,300 (+10.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$771 → $784 (+1.7%)	—

Middletown

Population

397319

Median household income

$60,000$64,167

Median home value

$130,700$144,300

Median gross rent

$771$784

Sperry

Population

22593

Median household income

$60,208$75,385

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Sperry
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	32.3%
35 to 44	17.6%	9.7%
45 to 54	14.7%	28.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	23.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	0.0%
75 and over	9.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Sperry
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Sperry
No high school diploma	4.4%	6.5%
High school graduate	38.1%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Sperry
Drove alone	88.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	0.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Sperry
1-unit, detached	85.4%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Sperry
Poverty rate	11.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.25	1.45
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1953	1938