Middletown vs Walkersville

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

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

Walkersville has the higher population (6,352 vs 5,108 in Middletown). Middletown has the higher median household income ($159,342 vs $137,218 in Walkersville). Middletown has the higher median home value ($545,100 vs $442,300 in Walkersville).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Walkersville
Population	5,108	6,352
Median age	40.7 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$159,342	$137,218
Median home value	$545,100	$442,300
Median gross rent	$1,695	$1,390
Housing units	1,827	2,451
Homeownership rate	81.4%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.1%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Walkersville
Population	4,609 → 5,108 (+10.8%)	6,179 → 6,352 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$137,303 → $159,342 (+16.1%)	$93,049 → $137,218 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$416,900 → $545,100 (+30.8%)	$290,800 → $442,300 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,366 → $1,695 (+24.1%)	$1,344 → $1,390 (+3.4%)

Middletown

Population

4,6095,108

Median household income

$137,303$159,342

Median home value

$416,900$545,100

Median gross rent

$1,366$1,695

Walkersville

Population

6,1796,352

Median household income

$93,049$137,218

Median home value

$290,800$442,300

Median gross rent

$1,344$1,390

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Walkersville
Under 5	4.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	21.5%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	7.2%	8.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	17.1%
45 to 54	16.5%	14.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.9%
75 and over	6.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Walkersville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	74.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.2%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Walkersville
No high school diploma	4.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	15.3%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	34.0%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Walkersville
Drove alone	65.1%	75.9%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.4%
Public transit	0.3%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.7%	16.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Walkersville
1-unit, detached	78.0%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Walkersville
Poverty rate	1.5%	2.3%
Average household size	2.92	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	31	37
Median year structure built	1998	1987