Middletown vs New Florence

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

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

New Florence has the higher population (784 vs 232 in Middletown). Middletown has the higher median household income ($49,643 vs $48,125 in New Florence). New Florence has the higher median home value ($92,800 vs $71,300 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	New Florence
Population	232	784
Median age	29.9 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,643	$48,125
Median home value	$71,300	$92,800
Median gross rent	$754	$883
Housing units	101	318
Homeownership rate	56.0%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	New Florence
Population	270 → 232 (-14.1%)	771 → 784 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$32,375 → $49,643 (+53.3%)	$40,500 → $48,125 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$62,900 → $71,300 (+13.4%)	$92,500 → $92,800 (+0.3%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $754 (+2.6%)	$629 → $883 (+40.4%)

Middletown

Population

270232

Median household income

$32,375$49,643

Median home value

$62,900$71,300

Median gross rent

$735$754

New Florence

Population

771784

Median household income

$40,500$48,125

Median home value

$92,500$92,800

Median gross rent

$629$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	New Florence
Under 5	13.4%	7.9%
5 to 17	9.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	15.1%	5.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	21.9%
65 to 74	3.9%	9.9%
75 and over	6.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	New Florence
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
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	3.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	New Florence
No high school diploma	27.6%	15.4%
High school graduate	47.6%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	New Florence
Drove alone	64.0%	83.2%
Carpooled	20.7%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	New Florence
1-unit, detached	71.3%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.7%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	New Florence
Poverty rate	16.8%	19.2%
Average household size	2.76	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	36	23
Median year structure built	1974	1977