Hurstbourne vs Middletown

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

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

Middletown has the higher population (9,622 vs 4,669 in Hurstbourne). Hurstbourne has the higher median household income ($113,906 vs $74,129 in Middletown). Hurstbourne has the higher median home value ($495,100 vs $298,900 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Hurstbourne	Middletown
Population	4,669	9,622
Median age	37.8 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$113,906	$74,129
Median home value	$495,100	$298,900
Median gross rent	$1,676	$1,423
Housing units	1,858	4,766
Homeownership rate	53.4%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.0%	50.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hurstbourne	Middletown
Population	4,394 → 4,669 (+6.3%)	7,891 → 9,622 (+21.9%)
Median household income	$123,521 → $113,906 (-7.8%)	$75,098 → $74,129 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$421,000 → $495,100 (+17.6%)	$215,100 → $298,900 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,288 → $1,676 (+30.1%)	$1,103 → $1,423 (+29.0%)

Hurstbourne

Population

4,3944,669

Median household income

$123,521$113,906

Median home value

$421,000$495,100

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,676

Middletown

Population

7,8919,622

Median household income

$75,098$74,129

Median home value

$215,100$298,900

Median gross rent

$1,103$1,423

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hurstbourne	Middletown
Under 5	7.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	20.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	17.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	8.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	12.5%
75 and over	9.8%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hurstbourne	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	56.1%	74.1%
Black or African American	5.4%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	25.2%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	11.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hurstbourne	Middletown
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	14.2%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	11.6%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	36.1%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hurstbourne	Middletown
Drove alone	66.3%	72.8%
Carpooled	12.3%	6.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.6%	11.7%
Other means	0.8%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hurstbourne	Middletown
1-unit, detached	51.4%	49.1%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	21.6%	29.6%
20 or more units	18.2%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hurstbourne	Middletown
Poverty rate	4.4%	11.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1977	1993