Easton vs Middletown

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

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

Easton has the higher population (29,079 vs 7,620 in Middletown). Middletown has the higher median household income ($97,040 vs $63,775 in Easton). Middletown has the higher median home value ($294,800 vs $169,200 in Easton).

Population, income & housing

	Easton	Middletown
Population	29,079	7,620
Median age	33.5 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,775	$97,040
Median home value	$169,200	$294,800
Median gross rent	$1,223	$1,639
Housing units	11,481	3,071
Homeownership rate	45.2%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Easton	Middletown
Population	27,122 → 29,079 (+7.2%)	7,212 → 7,620 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$51,698 → $63,775 (+23.4%)	$78,125 → $97,040 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$124,800 → $169,200 (+35.6%)	$215,900 → $294,800 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$986 → $1,223 (+24.0%)	$1,309 → $1,639 (+25.2%)

Easton

Population

27,12229,079

Median household income

$51,698$63,775

Median home value

$124,800$169,200

Median gross rent

$986$1,223

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)

	Easton	Middletown
Under 5	4.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	14.0%
18 to 24	19.2%	4.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	8.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	15.7%
55 to 64	10.5%	16.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	12.4%
75 and over	5.7%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Easton	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	53.4%	68.8%
Black or African American	13.9%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Easton	Middletown
No high school diploma	12.4%	7.1%
High school graduate	35.8%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Easton	Middletown
Drove alone	71.1%	77.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	4.9%
Public transit	2.0%	1.1%
Walked	5.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.7%	14.4%
Other means	2.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Easton	Middletown
1-unit, detached	26.0%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	32.4%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	22.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	7.9%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Easton	Middletown
Poverty rate	17.9%	8.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1938	1975