Middletown vs Nazareth

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

Middletown and Nazareth 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 6,032 in Nazareth). Middletown has the higher median household income ($97,040 vs $57,551 in Nazareth). Middletown has the higher median home value ($294,800 vs $236,900 in Nazareth).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Nazareth
Population	7,620	6,032
Median age	49.2 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$97,040	$57,551
Median home value	$294,800	$236,900
Median gross rent	$1,639	$1,186
Housing units	3,071	3,204
Homeownership rate	81.5%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Nazareth
Population	7,212 → 7,620 (+5.7%)	5,699 → 6,032 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$78,125 → $97,040 (+24.2%)	$56,349 → $57,551 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$215,900 → $294,800 (+36.5%)	$194,600 → $236,900 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,309 → $1,639 (+25.2%)	$957 → $1,186 (+23.9%)

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

Nazareth

Population

5,6996,032

Median household income

$56,349$57,551

Median home value

$194,600$236,900

Median gross rent

$957$1,186

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Nazareth
Under 5	5.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	15.7%	8.4%
55 to 64	16.7%	16.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.6%
75 and over	10.2%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Nazareth
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	80.2%
Black or African American	3.3%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.2%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Nazareth
No high school diploma	7.1%	6.9%
High school graduate	36.9%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Nazareth
Drove alone	77.3%	79.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	9.7%
Public transit	1.1%	0.5%
Walked	1.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	9.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Nazareth
1-unit, detached	85.2%	35.8%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	17.6%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	25.1%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	9.9%
20 or more units	1.5%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Nazareth
Poverty rate	8.6%	15.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1975	1938