Middletown vs Wellsville

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

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

Wellsville has the higher population (1,197 vs 232 in Middletown). Wellsville has the higher median household income ($61,635 vs $49,643 in Middletown). Wellsville has the higher median home value ($74,100 vs $71,300 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Wellsville
Population	232	1,197
Median age	29.9 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,643	$61,635
Median home value	$71,300	$74,100
Median gross rent	$754	$531
Housing units	101	485
Homeownership rate	56.0%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Wellsville
Population	270 → 232 (-14.1%)	1,186 → 1,197 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$32,375 → $49,643 (+53.3%)	$42,697 → $61,635 (+44.4%)
Median home value	$62,900 → $71,300 (+13.4%)	$69,700 → $74,100 (+6.3%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $754 (+2.6%)	$585 → $531 (-9.2%)

Middletown

Population

270232

Median household income

$32,375$49,643

Median home value

$62,900$71,300

Median gross rent

$735$754

Wellsville

Population

1,1861,197

Median household income

$42,697$61,635

Median home value

$69,700$74,100

Median gross rent

$585$531

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Wellsville
Under 5	13.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	9.1%	22.0%
18 to 24	15.1%	13.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	8.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	3.9%	10.7%
75 and over	6.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Wellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
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%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Wellsville
No high school diploma	27.6%	18.5%
High school graduate	47.6%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Wellsville
Drove alone	64.0%	74.5%
Carpooled	20.7%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Wellsville
1-unit, detached	71.3%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.7%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Wellsville
Poverty rate	16.8%	11.6%
Average household size	2.76	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	36	30
Median year structure built	1974	1965