Big Spring vs Middletown

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

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

Middletown has the higher population (232 vs 29 in Big Spring). Middletown has the higher median household income ($49,643 vs $35,938 in Big Spring). Since 2019, Middletown's population has grown faster (-14.1% vs -89.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Spring	Middletown
Population	29	232
Median age	51.9 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$35,938	$49,643
Median home value	—	$71,300
Median gross rent	—	$754
Housing units	18	101
Homeownership rate	100.0%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Spring	Middletown
Population	265 → 29 (-89.1%)	270 → 232 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$44,070 → $35,938 (-18.5%)	$32,375 → $49,643 (+53.3%)
Median home value	$96,900 → $96,400 (-0.5%)	$62,900 → $71,300 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$735 → $754 (+2.6%)

Big Spring

Population

26529

Median household income

$44,070$35,938

Median home value

$96,900$96,400

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)

	Big Spring	Middletown
Under 5	0.0%	13.4%
5 to 17	24.1%	9.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	27.6%	3.9%
75 and over	20.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Spring	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.0%
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	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Spring	Middletown
No high school diploma	0.0%	27.6%
High school graduate	27.3%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	54.5%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Spring	Middletown
Drove alone	100.0%	64.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Spring	Middletown
1-unit, detached	77.8%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	28.7%

Poverty & households

	Big Spring	Middletown
Poverty rate	44.8%	16.8%
Average household size	1.61	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	—	36
Median year structure built	1952	1974