
Virginia · Census place 51512
Middletown, VA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Middletown, Virginia (Middletown, VA — Census place “Middletown town”) is 1,634 residents, ranking #306 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $57,175, the median home is worth $288,200 and median gross rent runs $853 a month. Looking for the Middletown Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Middletown, VA: 22645.
- Population
- 1,634Middletown town residents
- Median household income
- $57,175Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $288,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $853Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 53.4%Owner-occupied households
Middletown ZIP codes (Virginia)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Middletown.
The Middletown VA 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 17.9% 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 5.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.1% of residents and 53.4% 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, VA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Middletown town is a small town in Virginia, with 1,634 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #306 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 55% of them. The median age here is 39 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 $57,175 a year, 27.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 31% below the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia 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 17.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Middletown town is valued at $288,200, 5% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $853 a month, 39.3% below the national figure, or roughly $10,236 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.9% 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 5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 53.4% 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
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Middletown town?
- Middletown town has 1,634 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #306 of 688 in Virginia.
- What is the median household income in Middletown town?
- Median household income in Middletown town is $57,175 a year, 27.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Middletown town?
- Median gross rent is $853 a month and the median home value is $288,200, so rent absorbs about 17.9% of median household income.
- Is Middletown town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Middletown town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.9% 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.