Middletown vs Newburgh

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

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

Middletown has the higher population (30,227 vs 28,649 in Newburgh). Middletown has the higher median household income ($77,174 vs $51,006 in Newburgh). Middletown has the higher median home value ($271,000 vs $221,100 in Newburgh).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Newburgh
Population	30,227	28,649
Median age	35.7 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,174	$51,006
Median home value	$271,000	$221,100
Median gross rent	$1,614	$1,363
Housing units	11,018	11,624
Homeownership rate	52.5%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Newburgh
Population	27,963 → 30,227 (+8.1%)	28,255 → 28,649 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$55,245 → $77,174 (+39.7%)	$41,769 → $51,006 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$182,000 → $271,000 (+48.9%)	$159,000 → $221,100 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,230 → $1,614 (+31.2%)	$1,114 → $1,363 (+22.4%)

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

Newburgh

Population

28,25528,649

Median household income

$41,769$51,006

Median home value

$159,000$221,100

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,363

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Newburgh
Under 5	7.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	19.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	11.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	8.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.5%
75 and over	5.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Newburgh
White (non-Hispanic)	28.9%	21.7%
Black or African American	21.1%	23.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	42.3%	50.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Newburgh
No high school diploma	17.8%	19.8%
High school graduate	31.4%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Newburgh
Drove alone	64.5%	55.9%
Carpooled	18.6%	14.4%
Public transit	4.5%	4.6%
Walked	2.7%	9.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	9.1%
Other means	3.9%	6.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Newburgh
1-unit, detached	46.5%	29.1%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	21.0%	42.2%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	7.4%
20 or more units	10.4%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Newburgh
Poverty rate	15.5%	27.1%
Average household size	2.92	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1962	1941