Middletown vs Woodbury

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

Middletown and Woodbury 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 11,437 in Woodbury). Woodbury has the higher median household income ($141,607 vs $77,174 in Middletown). Woodbury has the higher median home value ($417,700 vs $271,000 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Woodbury
Population	30,227	11,437
Median age	35.7 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,174	$141,607
Median home value	$271,000	$417,700
Median gross rent	$1,614	$1,976
Housing units	11,018	3,934
Homeownership rate	52.5%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Woodbury
Population	27,963 → 30,227 (+8.1%)	10,810 → 11,437 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$55,245 → $77,174 (+39.7%)	$130,541 → $141,607 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$182,000 → $271,000 (+48.9%)	$319,500 → $417,700 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,230 → $1,614 (+31.2%)	$1,567 → $1,976 (+26.1%)

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

Woodbury

Population

10,81011,437

Median household income

$130,541$141,607

Median home value

$319,500$417,700

Median gross rent

$1,567$1,976

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Woodbury
Under 5	7.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	21.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	12.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	7.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	17.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.5%
75 and over	5.2%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Woodbury
White (non-Hispanic)	28.9%	53.7%
Black or African American	21.1%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	42.3%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Woodbury
No high school diploma	17.8%	4.5%
High school graduate	31.4%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Woodbury
Drove alone	64.5%	75.7%
Carpooled	18.6%	9.4%
Public transit	4.5%	5.5%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	8.2%
Other means	3.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Woodbury
1-unit, detached	46.5%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	21.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	3.0%
20 or more units	10.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Woodbury
Poverty rate	15.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.92	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	35	46
Median year structure built	1962	1979