Middlebury vs New Haven

A side-by-side comparison of Middlebury and New Haven: population, income, housing, and more.

Middlebury and New Haven are places in Vermont. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Middlebury has the higher population (7,145 vs 184 in New Haven). New Haven has the higher median household income ($82,083 vs $74,900 in Middlebury). Middlebury has the higher median home value ($388,100 vs $320,600 in New Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Middlebury	New Haven
Population	7,145	184
Median age	23.5 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,900	$82,083
Median home value	$388,100	$320,600
Median gross rent	$1,287	$1,036
Housing units	2,407	77
Homeownership rate	58.0%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.1%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middlebury	New Haven
Population	6,966 → 7,145 (+2.6%)	139 → 184 (+32.4%)
Median household income	$56,192 → $74,900 (+33.3%)	$76,875 → $82,083 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$271,600 → $388,100 (+42.9%)	$212,500 → $320,600 (+50.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,008 → $1,287 (+27.7%)	$1,179 → $1,036 (-12.1%)

Middlebury

Population

6,9667,145

Median household income

$56,192$74,900

Median home value

$271,600$388,100

Median gross rent

$1,008$1,287

New Haven

Population

139184

Median household income

$76,875$82,083

Median home value

$212,500$320,600

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middlebury	New Haven
Under 5	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.6%	12.5%
18 to 24	41.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	7.1%	4.9%
35 to 44	7.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	6.2%	22.8%
55 to 64	7.9%	24.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.1%
75 and over	10.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middlebury	New Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	82.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middlebury	New Haven
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.6%
High school graduate	14.2%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	31.2%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middlebury	New Haven
Drove alone	40.0%	71.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	29.4%	19.2%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	2.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middlebury	New Haven
1-unit, detached	49.1%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	6.5%
20 or more units	15.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Middlebury	New Haven
Poverty rate	13.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.04	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1974	1938