Middlesex vs Nashville

A side-by-side comparison of Middlesex and Nashville: population, income, housing, and more.

Middlesex and Nashville are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Nashville has the higher population (5,672 vs 1,005 in Middlesex). Nashville has the higher median household income ($63,553 vs $49,931 in Middlesex). Middlesex has the higher median home value ($213,800 vs $191,700 in Nashville).

Population, income & housing

	Middlesex	Nashville
Population	1,005	5,672
Median age	39.6 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,931	$63,553
Median home value	$213,800	$191,700
Median gross rent	$875	$1,009
Housing units	567	2,635
Homeownership rate	63.2%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middlesex	Nashville
Population	1,145 → 1,005 (-12.2%)	5,516 → 5,672 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $49,931 (+28.0%)	$56,288 → $63,553 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$119,800 → $213,800 (+78.5%)	$136,900 → $191,700 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $875 (+36.3%)	$865 → $1,009 (+16.6%)

Middlesex

Population

1,1451,005

Median household income

$39,000$49,931

Median home value

$119,800$213,800

Median gross rent

$642$875

Nashville

Population

5,5165,672

Median household income

$56,288$63,553

Median home value

$136,900$191,700

Median gross rent

$865$1,009

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middlesex	Nashville
Under 5	5.8%	8.7%
5 to 17	14.3%	13.5%
18 to 24	11.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	16.1%
35 to 44	15.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	7.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	12.6%
75 and over	9.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middlesex	Nashville
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	34.0%
Black or African American	24.8%	62.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middlesex	Nashville
No high school diploma	14.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	43.1%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middlesex	Nashville
Drove alone	74.8%	76.1%
Carpooled	14.2%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	18.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middlesex	Nashville
1-unit, detached	76.5%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	16.3%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	10.2%
20 or more units	2.6%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Middlesex	Nashville
Poverty rate	10.8%	20.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1978	1992