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Place dossier plate
SheetKY-MIDDLETOWN-KY · Middletown, KY 9,622 pop · income 55th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Middletown
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Middletown on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Middlesborough · lowest
34,349
Middlesborough · lowest
34,349 median HH income
23.8% of the leader · rank #1
Clarkson · near
74,122
Clarkson · near
74,122 median HH income
51.3% of the leader · rank #2
Middletown · this city
74,129
Middletown · this city
74,129 median HH income
51.3% of the leader · rank #3
Websterville · near
74,135
Websterville · near
74,135 median HH income
51.3% of the leader · rank #4
Willowick · near
74,138
Willowick · near
74,138 median HH income
51.3% of the leader · rank #5
Grand Detour · near
74,141
Grand Detour · near
74,141 median HH income
51.3% of the leader · rank #6
Bala Cynwyd · highest
144,453
Bala Cynwyd · highest
144,453 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Middletown on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 9,622.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Middletown - the verdict
Middletown ranks in the 55th percentile for household income and the 10th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
55th
percentile, household income
65th
percentile, home value
10th
percentile, median rent
10th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Middletown, KY
9,622 people live in Middletown, Kentucky - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Middletown brings in $74,129 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 11.2%. Typical homes in Middletown are valued around $298,900, and the median resident age is 43.9 years. Educational attainment runs 50.5% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 61.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Middletown's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 3530.5 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, above the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Kentucky run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Kentucky at 90.2 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $984 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Kentucky run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. The average commute for Middletown workers runs 15.4 minutes, with 72.8% driving alone and 11.7% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 44.2 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Middletown's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to population change to work and mobility to housing and income to schools and households to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Middletown, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Middletown?
Within Kentucky, the closest population matches are Oakbrook (9,459 residents, $90,147 income); Mayfield (9,905 residents, $41,458 income); Middlesborough (9,258 residents, $34,349 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Bala Cynwyd, PA (9,622 residents); Walker Mill, MD (9,626 residents); Brownsville, TN (9,634 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Is Middletown growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +229 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.4% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What does the journey to work look like in Middletown?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.8%. The reported mean trip to work is 15.4 minutes.
How far does income reach against housing in Middletown?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 11.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Middletown?
The NCES join finds 3 public schools within the city match. 50.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
3
Bachelor's degree+
50.5%
Poverty estimate
11.2%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Middletown?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 3530.5 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 55% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
3405.5
Violent rate
125.0
Total reported rate
3530.5
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Above median income · poverty 11.2% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.2 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Kentucky average
C+
City profile score · Middletown, KY
63/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A
90.2 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share A-
50.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime B-
125 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income C-
$74,129
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
11.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Middletown profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 85/100 (A) · 90.2 index
Bachelor's+ share: 84/100 (A-) · 50.5%
Violent crime: 65/100 (B-) · 125 /100k
Household income: 54/100 (C-) · $74,129
Poverty rate: 35/100 (F) · 11.2%
Where Middletown sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Middletown's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Middletown highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Middletown, KY (this city): home $298,900, crime 3,531/100k
Brownsville, TN : home $119,700, crime 3,541/100k
Matawan, NJ : home $447,000, crime 21/100k
Orange Cove, CA : home $232,900, crime 614/100k
Mayfield, KY : home $114,400, crime 2,088/100k
Elsmere, KY : home $157,200, crime 930/100k
Paris, KY : home $182,100, crime 935/100k
Harrodsburg, KY : home $145,100, crime 982/100k
How does Middletown compare to other US cities?
Where Middletown sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income55% higher than other cities
Home value65% pricier than other cities
Median rent10% pricier than other cities
Safety10% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Kentucky, Middletown ranks #176 of 181 Kentucky cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Middletown against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Kentucky only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Kentucky-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Middletown near the bottom of Kentucky's cities
Among the 520 Kentucky cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Middletown ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Middletown only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#143 of 485
71st percentile in Kentucky
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 520
0th percentile in Kentucky
Median Home Value
#64 of 484
87th percentile in Kentucky
Poverty Rate
#256 of 519
51st percentile in Kentucky
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#72 of 520
86th percentile in Kentucky
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Kentucky only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
55th percentile nationally for median household income · 10th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Middletown's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Middletown's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Middletown's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$298,90035th percentilemore affordable than 35% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Middletown's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,799 of 15,516
More affordable than 30% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,434 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.0×, Middletown sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,799 of 15,516 and #8,434 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$74,129Middletown, KY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Middletown, KY median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Middletown, KY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)50.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)11.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)61.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
9,622
Median Income
$74,129
Median Home Value
$298,900
Median Age
43.9
Poverty Rate
11.2%
Labor force participation
61.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
50.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
3530.5
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
125.0
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
3405.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
3
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Middletown's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
9,715 residents
2021
9,678 residents
2022
9,691 residents
2023
9,779 residents
2024
9,904 residents
2025
9,944 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
15.4 minutes
Drive Alone
72.8%
Carpool
6.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
6.3%
Work from Home
11.7%
Other
3.0%
Based on 4,893 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Kentucky statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Kentucky at $225 (electricity about $115 , water and sewer about $40 ).
These are Kentucky statewide averages, not a meter reading for Middletown. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Kentucky's BEA cost-of-living index is 90.2 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Middletown is $984/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Kentucky statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 44.2 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Kentucky statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Middletown sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Middletown compares to similar-size Kentucky cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.