Hellertown vs Middletown

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

Hellertown 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 6,119 in Hellertown). Middletown has the higher median household income ($97,040 vs $76,657 in Hellertown). Middletown has the higher median home value ($294,800 vs $242,500 in Hellertown).

Population, income & housing

	Hellertown	Middletown
Population	6,119	7,620
Median age	42.7 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,657	$97,040
Median home value	$242,500	$294,800
Median gross rent	$1,227	$1,639
Housing units	2,606	3,071
Homeownership rate	68.8%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hellertown	Middletown
Population	5,831 → 6,119 (+4.9%)	7,212 → 7,620 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$68,100 → $76,657 (+12.6%)	$78,125 → $97,040 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$185,400 → $242,500 (+30.8%)	$215,900 → $294,800 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$995 → $1,227 (+23.3%)	$1,309 → $1,639 (+25.2%)

Hellertown

Population

5,8316,119

Median household income

$68,100$76,657

Median home value

$185,400$242,500

Median gross rent

$995$1,227

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)

	Hellertown	Middletown
Under 5	5.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	4.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	8.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	16.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.4%
75 and over	10.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hellertown	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	68.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hellertown	Middletown
No high school diploma	5.1%	7.1%
High school graduate	36.2%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hellertown	Middletown
Drove alone	75.3%	77.3%
Carpooled	1.6%	4.9%
Public transit	2.1%	1.1%
Walked	2.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.4%	14.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hellertown	Middletown
1-unit, detached	59.7%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	19.6%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	5.2%
20 or more units	5.5%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hellertown	Middletown
Poverty rate	5.5%	8.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1951	1975