Middleport vs Rapids

A side-by-side comparison of Middleport and Rapids: population, income, housing, and more.

Middleport and Rapids are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Middleport has the higher population (1,931 vs 1,562 in Rapids). Rapids has the higher median household income ($103,482 vs $62,981 in Middleport). Rapids has the higher median home value ($275,700 vs $111,500 in Middleport).

Population, income & housing

	Middleport	Rapids
Population	1,931	1,562
Median age	36.4 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,981	$103,482
Median home value	$111,500	$275,700
Median gross rent	$708	—
Housing units	829	646
Homeownership rate	72.3%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middleport	Rapids
Population	1,741 → 1,931 (+10.9%)	1,014 → 1,562 (+54.0%)
Median household income	$46,382 → $62,981 (+35.8%)	$90,862 → $103,482 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $111,500 (+27.1%)	$186,900 → $275,700 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $708 (+11.0%)	—

Middleport

Population

1,7411,931

Median household income

$46,382$62,981

Median home value

$87,700$111,500

Median gross rent

$638$708

Rapids

Population

1,0141,562

Median household income

$90,862$103,482

Median home value

$186,900$275,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middleport	Rapids
Under 5	6.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	18.2%
18 to 24	10.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.1%	8.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	23.0%
55 to 64	19.1%	9.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	11.2%
75 and over	5.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middleport	Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	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	4.6%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middleport	Rapids
No high school diploma	11.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	37.4%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middleport	Rapids
Drove alone	81.5%	81.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	18.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middleport	Rapids
1-unit, detached	69.6%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Middleport	Rapids
Poverty rate	10.1%	9.4%
Average household size	2.57	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1938	1989