Bethlehem vs Middletown

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

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

Bethlehem has the higher population (77,069 vs 7,620 in Middletown). Middletown has the higher median household income ($97,040 vs $66,443 in Bethlehem). Middletown has the higher median home value ($294,800 vs $236,500 in Bethlehem).

Population, income & housing

	Bethlehem	Middletown
Population	77,069	7,620
Median age	36.2 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,443	$97,040
Median home value	$236,500	$294,800
Median gross rent	$1,311	$1,639
Housing units	32,192	3,071
Homeownership rate	50.7%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethlehem	Middletown
Population	75,461 → 77,069 (+2.1%)	7,212 → 7,620 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$55,809 → $66,443 (+19.1%)	$78,125 → $97,040 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$173,500 → $236,500 (+36.3%)	$215,900 → $294,800 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,038 → $1,311 (+26.3%)	$1,309 → $1,639 (+25.2%)

Bethlehem

Population

75,46177,069

Median household income

$55,809$66,443

Median home value

$173,500$236,500

Median gross rent

$1,038$1,311

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)

	Bethlehem	Middletown
Under 5	4.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	16.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	8.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	16.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	12.4%
75 and over	8.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethlehem	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	68.8%
Black or African American	8.4%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	29.4%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethlehem	Middletown
No high school diploma	10.2%	7.1%
High school graduate	29.0%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethlehem	Middletown
Drove alone	70.0%	77.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	4.9%
Public transit	1.9%	1.1%
Walked	3.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.2%	14.4%
Other means	3.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethlehem	Middletown
1-unit, detached	36.7%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	27.1%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	5.2%
20 or more units	9.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethlehem	Middletown
Poverty rate	15.8%	8.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1956	1975