Middletown vs Trenton

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

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

Middletown has the higher population (50,607 vs 13,304 in Trenton). Trenton has the higher median household income ($87,788 vs $54,985 in Middletown). Trenton has the higher median home value ($209,700 vs $148,300 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Trenton
Population	50,607	13,304
Median age	38.3 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,985	$87,788
Median home value	$148,300	$209,700
Median gross rent	$974	$1,354
Housing units	22,585	4,726
Homeownership rate	54.6%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Trenton
Population	48,621 → 50,607 (+4.1%)	12,901 → 13,304 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$40,347 → $54,985 (+36.3%)	$77,739 → $87,788 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$97,700 → $148,300 (+51.8%)	$136,900 → $209,700 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$786 → $974 (+23.9%)	$957 → $1,354 (+41.5%)

Middletown

Population

48,62150,607

Median household income

$40,347$54,985

Median home value

$97,700$148,300

Median gross rent

$786$974

Trenton

Population

12,90113,304

Median household income

$77,739$87,788

Median home value

$136,900$209,700

Median gross rent

$957$1,354

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Trenton
Under 5	5.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	23.3%
18 to 24	10.9%	11.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	6.7%
75 and over	6.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Trenton
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	95.4%
Black or African American	13.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Trenton
No high school diploma	14.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	40.3%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Trenton
Drove alone	80.6%	83.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.9%
Worked from home	8.1%	6.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Trenton
1-unit, detached	66.9%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	3.5%
20 or more units	4.6%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Trenton
Poverty rate	19.0%	6.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1962	1992