With 47,958 people, Middletown is a city in Connecticut. Owners hold 53% of the housing stock. That trails the Connecticut median by roughly 17%. Density works out to 1,169 people per square mile. About 40% of adults have finished a four-year degree. The typical home is worth $295,300, having more than doubled since 2000.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $79,438, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.1
US median: 38.9
More educated
40% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Middletown
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$374,651 → $295,300(−21%)US over the same years: +67%
Poverty rate7.0% → 12.0%(+5.0 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median household income (2024 dollars)$90,348 → $79,438(−12%)US over the same years: +14%
Its weight in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
Middletown's population equals 27% of Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region's. Its number of households without a car equals 54% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 48% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)30.1%(551)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16.9%(309)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era33.8%(617)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.2%(113)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.5%(9)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,828 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Middletown, decade by decade
Middletown population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
42,762
$90,348
$374,651
26.4%
34.8
2000
43,167
$85,913
$244,830
30.4%
47.7
2010
47,648
$82,941
$344,825
32.7%
57.8
2020
47,717
$75,173
$283,981
39.8%
70.0
2024
47,958
$79,438
$295,300
40.2%
70.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
