Kiryas Joel vs Middletown

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

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

Kiryas Joel has the higher population (36,572 vs 30,227 in Middletown). Middletown has the higher median household income ($77,174 vs $43,171 in Kiryas Joel). Kiryas Joel has the higher median home value ($685,800 vs $271,000 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Kiryas Joel	Middletown
Population	36,572	30,227
Median age	15.1 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,171	$77,174
Median home value	$685,800	$271,000
Median gross rent	$1,575	$1,614
Housing units	7,383	11,018
Homeownership rate	35.0%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kiryas Joel	Middletown
Population	24,571 → 36,572 (+48.8%)	27,963 → 30,227 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$31,277 → $43,171 (+38.0%)	$55,245 → $77,174 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$517,400 → $685,800 (+32.5%)	$182,000 → $271,000 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,229 → $1,575 (+28.2%)	$1,230 → $1,614 (+31.2%)

Kiryas Joel

Population

24,57136,572

Median household income

$31,277$43,171

Median home value

$517,400$685,800

Median gross rent

$1,229$1,575

Middletown

Population

27,96330,227

Median household income

$55,245$77,174

Median home value

$182,000$271,000

Median gross rent

$1,230$1,614

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kiryas Joel	Middletown
Under 5	19.2%	7.9%
5 to 17	37.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	14.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	15.0%
35 to 44	7.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	5.0%	12.8%
55 to 64	1.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	2.0%	8.4%
75 and over	0.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kiryas Joel	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	28.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	21.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	42.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kiryas Joel	Middletown
No high school diploma	25.9%	17.8%
High school graduate	40.6%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kiryas Joel	Middletown
Drove alone	40.0%	64.5%
Carpooled	12.9%	18.6%
Public transit	10.1%	4.5%
Walked	20.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.8%	5.8%
Other means	2.9%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kiryas Joel	Middletown
1-unit, detached	2.9%	46.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	21.0%
5 to 19 units	67.0%	13.4%
20 or more units	19.0%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Kiryas Joel	Middletown
Poverty rate	40.2%	15.5%
Average household size	5.25	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	21	35
Median year structure built	2005	1962