Middletown vs Northampton

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

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

Northampton has the higher population (10,366 vs 7,620 in Middletown). Middletown has the higher median household income ($97,040 vs $82,719 in Northampton). Middletown has the higher median home value ($294,800 vs $225,400 in Northampton).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Northampton
Population	7,620	10,366
Median age	49.2 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$97,040	$82,719
Median home value	$294,800	$225,400
Median gross rent	$1,639	$1,156
Housing units	3,071	4,801
Homeownership rate	81.5%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Northampton
Population	7,212 → 7,620 (+5.7%)	9,847 → 10,366 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$78,125 → $97,040 (+24.2%)	$60,285 → $82,719 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$215,900 → $294,800 (+36.5%)	$174,600 → $225,400 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,309 → $1,639 (+25.2%)	$1,011 → $1,156 (+14.3%)

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

Northampton

Population

9,84710,366

Median household income

$60,285$82,719

Median home value

$174,600$225,400

Median gross rent

$1,011$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Northampton
Under 5	5.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.0%	13.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	18.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	9.1%
45 to 54	15.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	16.7%	16.1%
65 to 74	12.4%	11.0%
75 and over	10.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Northampton
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	84.2%
Black or African American	3.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	24.2%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Northampton
No high school diploma	7.1%	4.6%
High school graduate	36.9%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Northampton
Drove alone	77.3%	74.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	5.9%
Public transit	1.1%	2.1%
Walked	1.1%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	12.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Northampton
1-unit, detached	85.2%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	37.4%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	4.4%
20 or more units	1.5%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Northampton
Poverty rate	8.6%	7.1%
Average household size	2.53	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1975	1938