Middletown vs Stephens City

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

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

Stephens City has the higher population (2,338 vs 1,634 in Middletown). Stephens City has the higher median household income ($94,250 vs $57,175 in Middletown). Middletown has the higher median home value ($288,200 vs $287,600 in Stephens City).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Stephens City
Population	1,634	2,338
Median age	39.0 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,175	$94,250
Median home value	$288,200	$287,600
Median gross rent	$853	$1,200
Housing units	716	913
Homeownership rate	53.4%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Stephens City
Population	1,363 → 1,634 (+19.9%)	2,184 → 2,338 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$59,479 → $57,175 (-3.9%)	$64,643 → $94,250 (+45.8%)
Median home value	$200,900 → $288,200 (+43.5%)	$209,000 → $287,600 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $853 (+6.9%)	$1,070 → $1,200 (+12.1%)

Middletown

Population

1,3631,634

Median household income

$59,479$57,175

Median home value

$200,900$288,200

Median gross rent

$798$853

Stephens City

Population

2,1842,338

Median household income

$64,643$94,250

Median home value

$209,000$287,600

Median gross rent

$1,070$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middletown	Stephens City
Under 5	5.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	18.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	18.6%
35 to 44	26.0%	17.9%
45 to 54	8.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	9.5%
65 to 74	7.3%	6.4%
75 and over	4.7%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Stephens City
White (non-Hispanic)	70.4%	63.4%
Black or African American	3.5%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	21.7%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Stephens City
No high school diploma	11.3%	9.5%
High school graduate	41.5%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Stephens City
Drove alone	84.0%	80.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	9.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Stephens City
1-unit, detached	64.7%	51.6%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	25.6%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	28.9%	9.7%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Stephens City
Poverty rate	17.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	30	38
Median year structure built	1980	1979