Middletown vs Orange Lake

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

Middletown and Orange Lake 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 9,588 in Orange Lake). Orange Lake has the higher median household income ($94,394 vs $77,174 in Middletown). Orange Lake has the higher median home value ($330,600 vs $271,000 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Orange Lake
Population	30,227	9,588
Median age	35.7 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,174	$94,394
Median home value	$271,000	$330,600
Median gross rent	$1,614	$1,924
Housing units	11,018	3,869
Homeownership rate	52.5%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Orange Lake
Population	27,963 → 30,227 (+8.1%)	6,434 → 9,588 (+49.0%)
Median household income	$55,245 → $77,174 (+39.7%)	$93,008 → $94,394 (+1.5%)
Median home value	$182,000 → $271,000 (+48.9%)	$251,300 → $330,600 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,230 → $1,614 (+31.2%)	$1,730 → $1,924 (+11.2%)

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

Orange Lake

Population

6,4349,588

Median household income

$93,008$94,394

Median home value

$251,300$330,600

Median gross rent

$1,730$1,924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Orange Lake
Under 5	7.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	12.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	11.5%
25 to 34	15.0%	8.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	16.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.1%
75 and over	5.2%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Orange Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	28.9%	48.7%
Black or African American	21.1%	17.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	42.3%	23.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Orange Lake
No high school diploma	17.8%	7.9%
High school graduate	31.4%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Orange Lake
Drove alone	64.5%	69.7%
Carpooled	18.6%	8.2%
Public transit	4.5%	5.1%
Walked	2.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	13.9%
Other means	3.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Orange Lake
1-unit, detached	46.5%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	21.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	4.9%
20 or more units	10.4%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Orange Lake
Poverty rate	15.5%	8.6%
Average household size	2.92	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	35	34
Median year structure built	1962	1981