Middletown vs Progress

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

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

Progress has the higher population (11,143 vs 9,567 in Middletown). Progress has the higher median household income ($75,362 vs $54,778 in Middletown). Progress has the higher median home value ($192,000 vs $159,800 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Progress
Population	9,567	11,143
Median age	32.8 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,778	$75,362
Median home value	$159,800	$192,000
Median gross rent	$1,145	$1,170
Housing units	4,665	4,899
Homeownership rate	45.5%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Progress
Population	9,315 → 9,567 (+2.7%)	10,094 → 11,143 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$51,759 → $54,778 (+5.8%)	$59,632 → $75,362 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $159,800 (+33.5%)	$155,100 → $192,000 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,145 (+21.7%)	$921 → $1,170 (+27.0%)

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

Progress

Population

10,09411,143

Median household income

$59,632$75,362

Median home value

$155,100$192,000

Median gross rent

$921$1,170

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Progress
Under 5	7.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	12.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	12.5%	12.0%
25 to 34	20.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	9.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.9%
75 and over	6.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Progress
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	40.7%
Black or African American	7.7%	25.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.7%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Progress
No high school diploma	6.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	43.9%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Progress
Drove alone	69.0%	74.4%
Carpooled	16.5%	8.3%
Public transit	0.4%	1.5%
Walked	4.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.9%	12.0%
Other means	3.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Progress
1-unit, detached	38.2%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	14.8%
20 or more units	15.9%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Progress
Poverty rate	14.6%	8.5%
Average household size	2.09	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1960	1960