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Middletown, DE

23,573 Population
12.7 square miles 1,859.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 41.4 ±0.2

Economics

$48,426 ±$8,837 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $47,051 ±$265
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Delaware: $42,180 ±$471
$104,662 ±$12,841 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $85,555 ±$633
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Delaware: $79,325 ±$1,227

6.8% ±3.8% (1,569  ±879) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.8% 717,699 (±0.2% / ±13,169)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware: 11.1% 107,790 (±0.4% / ±3,568)

28.8 minutes ±4.6 (276,920  ±31,063) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29.3 76,587,890 (±0.1 / ±433,372)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 25.9 10,713,835 (±0.3 / ±153,595)

Families

8,444 ±584 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,419,824 ±4,392
  • Delaware: 389,000 ±1,574
2.8 ±0.2 (23,471  ±34) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,075,423
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 970,840

4.2% ±3.6% (247  ±213) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.8% 70,787 (±0.2% / ±2,171)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 4.7% 10,237 (±0.4% / ±777)

Housing

8,631 ±598 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,590,451 ±614
  • Delaware: 451,556 ±235

$363,800 ±$21,707 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $304,900 ±$1,451
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Delaware: $305,200 ±$3,363

12.7% ±5.2% (2,963  ±1,203.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.4% 701,265 (±0.2% / ±10,666.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 11.2% 109,799 (±0.4% / ±4,021.6)

Social

94.1% ±7.6% (14,275  ±1,329.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 91.8% 3,971,356 (±0.4% / ±16,121.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware: 91.2% 639,020 (±0.9% / ±6,392.1)
41.9% ±4.9% (6,349  ±,802.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 40.6% 1,756,558 (±0.2% / ±9,842.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 34.5% 241,357 (±0.6% / ±3,958.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.5% ±2.6% (2,955  ±605) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.4% 707,996
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Delaware: 9.8% 97,223

6.9% ±1.8% (1,166  ±311) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.4% 264,594 (±0.1% / ±3,594)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 8.1% 63,088 (±0.3% / ±1,959)
1,166 Total veterans ±311 1,104 Male ±297 62 Female ±54

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