Linglestown vs Middletown

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

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

Middletown has the higher population (9,567 vs 6,747 in Linglestown). Linglestown has the higher median household income ($89,887 vs $54,778 in Middletown). Linglestown has the higher median home value ($242,800 vs $159,800 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Linglestown	Middletown
Population	6,747	9,567
Median age	42.2 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$89,887	$54,778
Median home value	$242,800	$159,800
Median gross rent	$1,647	$1,145
Housing units	2,746	4,665
Homeownership rate	84.7%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linglestown	Middletown
Population	5,688 → 6,747 (+18.6%)	9,315 → 9,567 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$77,995 → $89,887 (+15.2%)	$51,759 → $54,778 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$190,200 → $242,800 (+27.7%)	$119,700 → $159,800 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$870 → $1,647 (+89.3%)	$941 → $1,145 (+21.7%)

Linglestown

Population

5,6886,747

Median household income

$77,995$89,887

Median home value

$190,200$242,800

Median gross rent

$870$1,647

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)

	Linglestown	Middletown
Under 5	4.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	12.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	12.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	20.2%
35 to 44	17.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	9.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.1%
75 and over	7.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linglestown	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	73.8%
Black or African American	14.8%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linglestown	Middletown
No high school diploma	3.7%	6.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linglestown	Middletown
Drove alone	74.3%	69.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	16.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	6.9%
Other means	0.7%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linglestown	Middletown
1-unit, detached	87.5%	38.2%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	17.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	15.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	15.9%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Linglestown	Middletown
Poverty rate	3.4%	14.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1970	1960