Chestnut Hill vs Middletown

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

Chestnut Hill 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 6,774 in Chestnut Hill). Chestnut Hill has the higher median household income ($125,417 vs $97,040 in Middletown). Chestnut Hill has the higher median home value ($362,800 vs $294,800 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Chestnut Hill	Middletown
Population	6,774	7,620
Median age	47.2 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$125,417	$97,040
Median home value	$362,800	$294,800
Median gross rent	$1,746	$1,639
Housing units	2,788	3,071
Homeownership rate	91.0%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chestnut Hill	Middletown
Population	6,135 → 6,774 (+10.4%)	7,212 → 7,620 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$124,676 → $125,417 (+0.6%)	$78,125 → $97,040 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$293,400 → $362,800 (+23.7%)	$215,900 → $294,800 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,453 → $1,746 (+20.2%)	$1,309 → $1,639 (+25.2%)

Chestnut Hill

Population

6,1356,774

Median household income

$124,676$125,417

Median home value

$293,400$362,800

Median gross rent

$1,453$1,746

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)

	Chestnut Hill	Middletown
Under 5	4.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.5%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	15.7%
55 to 64	20.0%	16.7%
65 to 74	13.6%	12.4%
75 and over	7.4%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chestnut Hill	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	68.8%
Black or African American	7.5%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chestnut Hill	Middletown
No high school diploma	4.5%	7.1%
High school graduate	21.2%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chestnut Hill	Middletown
Drove alone	69.6%	77.3%
Carpooled	10.1%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	19.8%	14.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chestnut Hill	Middletown
1-unit, detached	74.2%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	19.2%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	4.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chestnut Hill	Middletown
Poverty rate	4.6%	8.6%
Average household size	2.51	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1997	1975