Middleton vs Sun Prairie

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

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

Sun Prairie has the higher population (36,455 vs 22,235 in Middleton). Sun Prairie has the higher median household income ($90,521 vs $85,526 in Middleton). Middleton has the higher median home value ($457,400 vs $339,800 in Sun Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Middleton	Sun Prairie
Population	22,235	36,455
Median age	38.9 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$85,526	$90,521
Median home value	$457,400	$339,800
Median gross rent	$1,357	$1,374
Housing units	10,781	15,657
Homeownership rate	48.3%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.1%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middleton	Sun Prairie
Population	19,487 → 22,235 (+14.1%)	33,321 → 36,455 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$76,011 → $85,526 (+12.5%)	$77,139 → $90,521 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$336,900 → $457,400 (+35.8%)	$239,200 → $339,800 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,081 → $1,357 (+25.5%)	$1,087 → $1,374 (+26.4%)

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

Sun Prairie

Population

33,32136,455

Median household income

$77,139$90,521

Median home value

$239,200$339,800

Median gross rent

$1,087$1,374

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middleton	Sun Prairie
Under 5	4.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	16.0%	14.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	16.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.5%
75 and over	7.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middleton	Sun Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	74.9%
Black or African American	2.6%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.5%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middleton	Sun Prairie
No high school diploma	4.2%	2.7%
High school graduate	10.6%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	29.7%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middleton	Sun Prairie
Drove alone	72.0%	71.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.7%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.8%
Worked from home	19.3%	18.3%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middleton	Sun Prairie
1-unit, detached	36.9%	50.4%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	12.1%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	9.6%
20 or more units	28.5%	18.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middleton	Sun Prairie
Poverty rate	7.7%	6.1%
Average household size	2.12	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1986	1998