
Indiana · Census place 49014
Middletown, IN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Middletown, Indiana (Middletown, IN — Census place “Middletown town”) is 2,163 residents, ranking #216 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $55,833, the median home is worth $98,500 and median gross rent runs $806 a month. Looking for the Middletown Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Middletown, IN: 47356.
- Population
- 2,163Middletown town residents
- Median household income
- $55,833Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $98,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $806Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 40.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 62.6%Owner-occupied households
Middletown ZIP codes (Indiana)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Middletown.
The Middletown IN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Middletown town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Middletown town median would spend about 17.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.4% of residents and 62.6% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Middletown town, IN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Middletown town is a small town in Indiana, with 2,163 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #216 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 77% of them. The median age here is 40.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Middletown town earn a median of $55,833 a year, 28.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 9% below the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 12.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Middletown town is valued at $98,500, 67.5% below the national figure and 32% below the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $806 a month, 42.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,672 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 62.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Indiana.
- Knightstown town 2,154
- Fremont town 2,177
- Petersburg city 2,141
- Waterloo town 2,180
- Orleans town 2,191
- New Carlisle town 2,110
- Burns Harbor town 2,198
- Edgewood town 2,101
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Middletown town?
- Middletown town has 2,163 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #216 of 976 in Indiana.
- What is the median household income in Middletown town?
- Median household income in Middletown town is $55,833 a year, 28.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Middletown town?
- Median gross rent is $806 a month and the median home value is $98,500, so rent absorbs about 17.3% of median household income.
- Is Middletown town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Middletown town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Middletown town data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.