Bellflower vs Middletown

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

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

Bellflower has the higher population (313 vs 232 in Middletown). Middletown has the higher median household income ($49,643 vs $42,500 in Bellflower). Middletown has the higher median home value ($71,300 vs $56,300 in Bellflower).

Population, income & housing

	Bellflower	Middletown
Population	313	232
Median age	35.5 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$49,643
Median home value	$56,300	$71,300
Median gross rent	$919	$754
Housing units	144	101
Homeownership rate	63.8%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellflower	Middletown
Population	329 → 313 (-4.9%)	270 → 232 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $42,500 (+23.6%)	$32,375 → $49,643 (+53.3%)
Median home value	$52,100 → $56,300 (+8.1%)	$62,900 → $71,300 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $919 (+47.0%)	$735 → $754 (+2.6%)

Bellflower

Population

329313

Median household income

$34,375$42,500

Median home value

$52,100$56,300

Median gross rent

$625$919

Middletown

Population

270232

Median household income

$32,375$49,643

Median home value

$62,900$71,300

Median gross rent

$735$754

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellflower	Middletown
Under 5	5.8%	13.4%
5 to 17	22.4%	9.1%
18 to 24	4.2%	15.1%
25 to 34	16.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	17.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.7%	3.9%
75 and over	8.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellflower	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellflower	Middletown
No high school diploma	23.6%	27.6%
High school graduate	47.6%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellflower	Middletown
Drove alone	77.3%	64.0%
Carpooled	12.1%	20.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	11.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellflower	Middletown
1-unit, detached	68.8%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.4%	28.7%

Poverty & households

	Bellflower	Middletown
Poverty rate	37.3%	16.8%
Average household size	2.70	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	39	36
Median year structure built	1962	1974