Colonial Park vs Middletown

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

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

Colonial Park has the higher population (18,125 vs 9,567 in Middletown). Colonial Park has the higher median household income ($69,804 vs $54,778 in Middletown). Colonial Park has the higher median home value ($223,800 vs $159,800 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Colonial Park	Middletown
Population	18,125	9,567
Median age	36.0 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,804	$54,778
Median home value	$223,800	$159,800
Median gross rent	$1,272	$1,145
Housing units	7,554	4,665
Homeownership rate	48.9%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colonial Park	Middletown
Population	13,583 → 18,125 (+33.4%)	9,315 → 9,567 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$52,306 → $69,804 (+33.5%)	$51,759 → $54,778 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$157,100 → $223,800 (+42.5%)	$119,700 → $159,800 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,055 → $1,272 (+20.6%)	$941 → $1,145 (+21.7%)

Colonial Park

Population

13,58318,125

Median household income

$52,306$69,804

Median home value

$157,100$223,800

Median gross rent

$1,055$1,272

Middletown

Population

9,3159,567

Median household income

$51,759$54,778

Median home value

$119,700$159,800

Median gross rent

$941$1,145

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colonial Park	Middletown
Under 5	6.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	20.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	12.5%
25 to 34	13.9%	20.2%
35 to 44	14.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.1%
75 and over	7.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colonial Park	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	73.8%
Black or African American	22.6%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.3%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.7%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colonial Park	Middletown
No high school diploma	8.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	34.8%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colonial Park	Middletown
Drove alone	70.7%	69.0%
Carpooled	12.7%	16.5%
Public transit	1.3%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	6.9%
Other means	2.6%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colonial Park	Middletown
1-unit, detached	47.4%	38.2%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	17.3%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	33.2%	15.6%
20 or more units	5.8%	15.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Colonial Park	Middletown
Poverty rate	10.1%	14.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1967	1960