Middletown vs Scotchtown

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

Middletown and Scotchtown 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 10,544 in Scotchtown). Scotchtown has the higher median household income ($92,889 vs $77,174 in Middletown). Scotchtown has the higher median home value ($317,400 vs $271,000 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Scotchtown
Population	30,227	10,544
Median age	35.7 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,174	$92,889
Median home value	$271,000	$317,400
Median gross rent	$1,614	$1,655
Housing units	11,018	4,137
Homeownership rate	52.5%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Scotchtown
Population	27,963 → 30,227 (+8.1%)	9,997 → 10,544 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$55,245 → $77,174 (+39.7%)	$72,824 → $92,889 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$182,000 → $271,000 (+48.9%)	$248,900 → $317,400 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,230 → $1,614 (+31.2%)	$1,309 → $1,655 (+26.4%)

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

Scotchtown

Population

9,99710,544

Median household income

$72,824$92,889

Median home value

$248,900$317,400

Median gross rent

$1,309$1,655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Scotchtown
Under 5	7.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	16.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.2%
75 and over	5.2%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Scotchtown
White (non-Hispanic)	28.9%	32.7%
Black or African American	21.1%	27.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	3.2%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	42.3%	23.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Scotchtown
No high school diploma	17.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	31.4%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Scotchtown
Drove alone	64.5%	74.7%
Carpooled	18.6%	13.7%
Public transit	4.5%	2.3%
Walked	2.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	7.4%
Other means	3.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Scotchtown
1-unit, detached	46.5%	41.9%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	21.0%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	21.7%
20 or more units	10.4%	16.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Scotchtown
Poverty rate	15.5%	10.6%
Average household size	2.92	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	35	28
Median year structure built	1962	1978