Hershey vs Middletown

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

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

Hershey has the higher population (14,334 vs 9,567 in Middletown). Hershey has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $54,778 in Middletown). Hershey has the higher median home value ($339,300 vs $159,800 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Hershey	Middletown
Population	14,334	9,567
Median age	45.2 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$54,778
Median home value	$339,300	$159,800
Median gross rent	$1,241	$1,145
Housing units	5,791	4,665
Homeownership rate	54.9%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hershey	Middletown
Population	14,654 → 14,334 (-2.2%)	9,315 → 9,567 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$69,688 → $78,750 (+13.0%)	$51,759 → $54,778 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$272,100 → $339,300 (+24.7%)	$119,700 → $159,800 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $1,241 (+17.3%)	$941 → $1,145 (+21.7%)

Hershey

Population

14,65414,334

Median household income

$69,688$78,750

Median home value

$272,100$339,300

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,241

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)

	Hershey	Middletown
Under 5	3.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.2%	12.5%
18 to 24	10.0%	12.5%
25 to 34	12.9%	20.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	16.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	9.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.1%
75 and over	8.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hershey	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	73.8%
Black or African American	3.5%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.2%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	1.7%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hershey	Middletown
No high school diploma	10.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	16.3%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hershey	Middletown
Drove alone	68.1%	69.0%
Carpooled	3.5%	16.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	4.6%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	6.9%
Other means	0.9%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hershey	Middletown
1-unit, detached	49.7%	38.2%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	17.3%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	15.6%
20 or more units	11.5%	15.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Hershey	Middletown
Poverty rate	9.0%	14.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1970	1960