Middletown vs Prospect

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

Middletown and Prospect 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 4,518 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median household income ($172,361 vs $74,129 in Middletown). Prospect has the higher median home value ($494,000 vs $298,900 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Prospect
Population	9,622	4,518
Median age	43.9 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,129	$172,361
Median home value	$298,900	$494,000
Median gross rent	$1,423	$1,287
Housing units	4,766	2,059
Homeownership rate	56.7%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.5%	71.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Prospect
Population	7,891 → 9,622 (+21.9%)	4,896 → 4,518 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$75,098 → $74,129 (-1.3%)	$145,511 → $172,361 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$215,100 → $298,900 (+39.0%)	$388,300 → $494,000 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,103 → $1,423 (+29.0%)	$1,140 → $1,287 (+12.9%)

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

Prospect

Population

4,8964,518

Median household income

$145,511$172,361

Median home value

$388,300$494,000

Median gross rent

$1,140$1,287

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Prospect
Under 5	4.1%	1.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	1.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	8.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	16.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	16.6%
75 and over	10.1%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	88.8%
Black or African American	13.1%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.8%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Prospect
No high school diploma	3.5%	0.6%
High school graduate	17.0%	4.8%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	35.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Prospect
Drove alone	72.8%	68.4%
Carpooled	6.2%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	19.3%
Other means	2.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Prospect
1-unit, detached	49.1%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	29.6%	4.2%
20 or more units	10.3%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Prospect
Poverty rate	11.7%	2.2%
Average household size	2.13	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1993	1988