Middletown vs Shaftsburg

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

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

Middletown has the higher population (603 vs 498 in Shaftsburg). Shaftsburg has the higher median household income ($90,054 vs $46,700 in Middletown). Shaftsburg has the higher median home value ($235,900 vs $85,300 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Shaftsburg
Population	603	498
Median age	50.5 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,700	$90,054
Median home value	$85,300	$235,900
Median gross rent	$870	—
Housing units	368	296
Homeownership rate	61.7%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Shaftsburg
Population	834 → 603 (-27.7%)	293 → 498 (+70.0%)
Median household income	$36,528 → $46,700 (+27.8%)	$49,432 → $90,054 (+82.2%)
Median home value	$67,800 → $85,300 (+25.8%)	$193,500 → $235,900 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $870 (+50.5%)	$777 → $855 (+10.0%)

Middletown

Population

834603

Median household income

$36,528$46,700

Median home value

$67,800$85,300

Median gross rent

$578$870

Shaftsburg

Population

293498

Median household income

$49,432$90,054

Median home value

$193,500$235,900

Median gross rent

$777$855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Shaftsburg
Under 5	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 17	6.5%	10.2%
18 to 24	12.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	4.8%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	19.1%	19.1%
55 to 64	23.5%	20.7%
65 to 74	13.8%	20.1%
75 and over	5.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Shaftsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	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	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Shaftsburg
No high school diploma	19.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	41.5%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Shaftsburg
Drove alone	66.2%	77.9%
Carpooled	28.0%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Shaftsburg
1-unit, detached	84.2%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Shaftsburg
Poverty rate	10.4%	4.0%
Average household size	2.01	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1960	1979