Bangor vs Middletown

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

Bangor 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 (7,620 vs 5,158 in Bangor). Middletown has the higher median household income ($97,040 vs $63,542 in Bangor). Middletown has the higher median home value ($294,800 vs $167,100 in Bangor).

Population, income & housing

	Bangor	Middletown
Population	5,158	7,620
Median age	36.3 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,542	$97,040
Median home value	$167,100	$294,800
Median gross rent	$1,049	$1,639
Housing units	2,234	3,071
Homeownership rate	61.8%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bangor	Middletown
Population	5,208 → 5,158 (-1.0%)	7,212 → 7,620 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$40,071 → $63,542 (+58.6%)	$78,125 → $97,040 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$160,900 → $167,100 (+3.9%)	$215,900 → $294,800 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,049 (+10.4%)	$1,309 → $1,639 (+25.2%)

Bangor

Population

5,2085,158

Median household income

$40,071$63,542

Median home value

$160,900$167,100

Median gross rent

$950$1,049

Middletown

Population

7,2127,620

Median household income

$78,125$97,040

Median home value

$215,900$294,800

Median gross rent

$1,309$1,639

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bangor	Middletown
Under 5	3.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	25.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	8.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	10.3%	16.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	12.4%
75 and over	5.7%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bangor	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	68.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bangor	Middletown
No high school diploma	10.9%	7.1%
High school graduate	41.9%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bangor	Middletown
Drove alone	82.9%	77.3%
Carpooled	11.2%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.2%	14.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bangor	Middletown
1-unit, detached	46.9%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	25.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	5.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bangor	Middletown
Poverty rate	10.3%	8.6%
Average household size	2.59	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1938	1975