Middletown vs Rutherford

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

Middletown and Rutherford 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 6,982 in Rutherford). Rutherford has the higher median household income ($77,306 vs $54,778 in Middletown). Rutherford has the higher median home value ($189,300 vs $159,800 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Rutherford
Population	9,567	6,982
Median age	32.8 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,778	$77,306
Median home value	$159,800	$189,300
Median gross rent	$1,145	$1,228
Housing units	4,665	2,498
Homeownership rate	45.5%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Rutherford
Population	9,315 → 9,567 (+2.7%)	4,919 → 6,982 (+41.9%)
Median household income	$51,759 → $54,778 (+5.8%)	$61,237 → $77,306 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $159,800 (+33.5%)	$147,100 → $189,300 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,145 (+21.7%)	$1,137 → $1,228 (+8.0%)

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

Rutherford

Population

4,9196,982

Median household income

$61,237$77,306

Median home value

$147,100$189,300

Median gross rent

$1,137$1,228

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Rutherford
Under 5	7.6%	3.0%
5 to 17	12.5%	19.9%
18 to 24	12.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	20.2%	18.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.7%
75 and over	6.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Rutherford
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	35.1%
Black or African American	7.7%	28.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	20.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Rutherford
No high school diploma	6.0%	19.0%
High school graduate	43.9%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Rutherford
Drove alone	69.0%	80.5%
Carpooled	16.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	15.1%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Rutherford
1-unit, detached	38.2%	47.6%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	38.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	1.4%
20 or more units	15.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Rutherford
Poverty rate	14.6%	8.1%
Average household size	2.09	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1960	1989