Middleton vs Whiteville

A side-by-side comparison of Middleton and Whiteville: population, income, housing, and more.

Middleton and Whiteville are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Whiteville has the higher population (4,689 vs 752 in Middleton). Whiteville has the higher median household income ($43,438 vs $43,295 in Middleton). Middleton has the higher median home value ($140,600 vs $87,000 in Whiteville).

Population, income & housing

	Middleton	Whiteville
Population	752	4,689
Median age	32.8 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,295	$43,438
Median home value	$140,600	$87,000
Median gross rent	$785	$905
Housing units	364	606
Homeownership rate	46.8%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	15.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middleton	Whiteville
Population	891 → 752 (-15.6%)	4,501 → 4,689 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$37,361 → $43,295 (+15.9%)	$36,094 → $43,438 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$93,100 → $140,600 (+51.0%)	$68,400 → $87,000 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$726 → $785 (+8.1%)	$771 → $905 (+17.4%)

Middleton

Population

891752

Median household income

$37,361$43,295

Median home value

$93,100$140,600

Median gross rent

$726$785

Whiteville

Population

4,5014,689

Median household income

$36,094$43,438

Median home value

$68,400$87,000

Median gross rent

$771$905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middleton	Whiteville
Under 5	9.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	19.5%	4.6%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	18.8%	23.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	28.5%
45 to 54	6.8%	19.3%
55 to 64	5.3%	8.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	4.3%
75 and over	10.5%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middleton	Whiteville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	45.9%
Black or African American	27.1%	44.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middleton	Whiteville
No high school diploma	8.5%	29.0%
High school graduate	51.7%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middleton	Whiteville
Drove alone	79.6%	90.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	0.0%
Other means	3.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middleton	Whiteville
1-unit, detached	60.7%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	24.3%

Poverty & households

	Middleton	Whiteville
Poverty rate	24.6%	28.1%
Average household size	2.52	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1980	1975