Pennsylvania · Census place 49128
Middletown borough, PA
Quick answer
Middletown borough has 9,567 residents, ranking #97 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $54,778, the median home is worth $159,800 and median gross rent runs $1,145 a month.
- Population
- 9,567Middletown borough residents
- Median household income
- $54,778Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $159,800Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,145Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 32.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 45.5%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Middletown borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Middletown borough median would spend about 25.1% 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 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.6% of residents and 45.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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- Oil City city 9,517
- Quakertown borough 9,298
- East Stroudsburg borough 9,278
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