Middleton vs Stoughton

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

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

Middleton has the higher population (22,235 vs 13,063 in Stoughton). Middleton has the higher median household income ($85,526 vs $78,517 in Stoughton). Middleton has the higher median home value ($457,400 vs $283,900 in Stoughton).

Population, income & housing

	Middleton	Stoughton
Population	22,235	13,063
Median age	38.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$85,526	$78,517
Median home value	$457,400	$283,900
Median gross rent	$1,357	$1,155
Housing units	10,781	5,889
Homeownership rate	48.3%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.1%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middleton	Stoughton
Population	19,487 → 22,235 (+14.1%)	13,097 → 13,063 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$76,011 → $85,526 (+12.5%)	$67,329 → $78,517 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$336,900 → $457,400 (+35.8%)	$218,100 → $283,900 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,081 → $1,357 (+25.5%)	$943 → $1,155 (+22.5%)

Middleton

Population

19,48722,235

Median household income

$76,011$85,526

Median home value

$336,900$457,400

Median gross rent

$1,081$1,357

Stoughton

Population

13,09713,063

Median household income

$67,329$78,517

Median home value

$218,100$283,900

Median gross rent

$943$1,155

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middleton	Stoughton
Under 5	4.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	16.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.6%
75 and over	7.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middleton	Stoughton
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	92.9%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	6.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middleton	Stoughton
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	10.6%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	29.7%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middleton	Stoughton
Drove alone	72.0%	72.8%
Carpooled	3.8%	5.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.3%	16.9%
Other means	0.6%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middleton	Stoughton
1-unit, detached	36.9%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	9.5%
20 or more units	28.5%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middleton	Stoughton
Poverty rate	7.7%	6.9%
Average household size	2.12	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1986	1982