Middletown vs Steelton

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

Middletown and Steelton 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 6,267 in Steelton). Steelton has the higher median household income ($55,963 vs $54,778 in Middletown). Middletown has the higher median home value ($159,800 vs $124,200 in Steelton).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Steelton
Population	9,567	6,267
Median age	32.8 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,778	$55,963
Median home value	$159,800	$124,200
Median gross rent	$1,145	$1,270
Housing units	4,665	2,673
Homeownership rate	45.5%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Steelton
Population	9,315 → 9,567 (+2.7%)	5,953 → 6,267 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$51,759 → $54,778 (+5.8%)	$38,836 → $55,963 (+44.1%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $159,800 (+33.5%)	$88,600 → $124,200 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,145 (+21.7%)	$873 → $1,270 (+45.5%)

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

Steelton

Population

5,9536,267

Median household income

$38,836$55,963

Median home value

$88,600$124,200

Median gross rent

$873$1,270

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Steelton
Under 5	7.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	12.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	12.5%	11.4%
25 to 34	20.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.5%
75 and over	6.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Steelton
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	39.0%
Black or African American	7.7%	35.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Steelton
No high school diploma	6.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	43.9%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Steelton
Drove alone	69.0%	69.0%
Carpooled	16.5%	12.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	9.2%
Other means	3.3%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Steelton
1-unit, detached	38.2%	33.4%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	48.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	4.0%
20 or more units	15.9%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Steelton
Poverty rate	14.6%	22.3%
Average household size	2.09	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1960	1944