Middletown vs Vernon

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

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

Vernon has the higher population (623 vs 603 in Middletown). Vernon has the higher median household income ($67,292 vs $46,700 in Middletown). Vernon has the higher median home value ($122,000 vs $85,300 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Vernon
Population	603	623
Median age	50.5 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,700	$67,292
Median home value	$85,300	$122,000
Median gross rent	$870	$1,063
Housing units	368	272
Homeownership rate	61.7%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Vernon
Population	834 → 603 (-27.7%)	679 → 623 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$36,528 → $46,700 (+27.8%)	$64,688 → $67,292 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$67,800 → $85,300 (+25.8%)	$97,200 → $122,000 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $870 (+50.5%)	$725 → $1,063 (+46.6%)

Middletown

Population

834603

Median household income

$36,528$46,700

Median home value

$67,800$85,300

Median gross rent

$578$870

Vernon

Population

679623

Median household income

$64,688$67,292

Median home value

$97,200$122,000

Median gross rent

$725$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Vernon
Under 5	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	6.5%	13.3%
18 to 24	12.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.3%	9.0%
45 to 54	19.1%	15.4%
55 to 64	23.5%	15.7%
65 to 74	13.8%	16.4%
75 and over	5.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Vernon
No high school diploma	19.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	41.5%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Vernon
Drove alone	66.2%	84.8%
Carpooled	28.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Vernon
1-unit, detached	84.2%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Vernon
Poverty rate	10.4%	13.2%
Average household size	2.01	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	37
Median year structure built	1960	1955