What is the population of Middleton city?

Middleton city has 22,235 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #37 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Middleton city?

Median household income in Middleton city is $85,526 a year, 8.9% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Middleton city?

Median gross rent is $1,357 a month and the median home value is $457,400, so rent absorbs about 19% of median household income.

Is Middleton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Middleton city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Middleton, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Middleton, Wisconsin (Middleton, WI — Census place “Middleton city”) is 22,235 residents, ranking #37 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $85,526, the median home is worth $457,400 and median gross rent runs $1,357 a month. Looking for the Middleton Wisconsin ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Middleton, WI: 53562.

Population: 22,235Middleton city residents
Median household income: $85,526Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $457,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,357Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 48.3%Owner-occupied households

Middleton ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Middleton.

The Middleton WI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

53562

What the numbers mean in Middleton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Middleton city median would spend about 19% 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 5.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.7% of residents and 48.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Middleton city, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Middleton city is a mid-size town in Wisconsin, with 22,235 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #37 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 38.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Middleton city earn a median of $85,526 a year, 8.9% above the national figure of $78,538 and 16% above the $73,880 median for the 395 Wisconsin cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 7.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Middleton city is valued at $457,400, 50.8% above the national figure and 116% above the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,357 a month, 3.5% below the national figure, or roughly $16,284 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19% 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 5.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 48.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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.

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What is the population of Middleton city?: Middleton city has 22,235 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #37 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Middleton city?: Median household income in Middleton city is $85,526 a year, 8.9% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Middleton city?: Median gross rent is $1,357 a month and the median home value is $457,400, so rent absorbs about 19% of median household income.
Is Middleton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Middleton city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Middleton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.