Middletown

Population & Demographics

Middletown, CT

Middletown is home to 47,958 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 23,617 resident workers commute each day.

ConnecticutCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
47,958
people
Population

47,958 residents

Median age 38.1 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Middletown population & demographics

Who lives in Middletown — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
47,958
Median age
38.1yrs
Median household income
$79,438
Median home value
$295,300
Median gross rent
$1,446/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
40.2%
Poverty rate
12.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Middletown

How Middletown breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White62.7%
Black13.3%
Hispanic or Latino12.6%
Asian5.9%
Two or more races5.2%
Some other race0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%
Middletown at a glance
Employed Residents
23,617
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
14.5mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
17.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
14.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Hartford
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Middletown proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Middletown commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

63 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Middletown

23,617 commutes, one dot at a time

Middletown

Where 23,617 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Middletown, by worker count.

1Middletown0.0 mi4,113
2Hartford14.5 mi1,979
3New Haven21.6 mi1,382
4Meriden7.3 mi833
5East Hartford14.5 mi589
6New Britain10.5 mi548
7West Hartford14.8 mi456
8North Haven15.8 mi453

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Middletown.

1Middletown0.0 mi4,113
2Meriden7.3 mi1,445
3New Britain10.5 mi1,026
4Hartford14.5 mi763
5Bristol16.5 mi597
6Waterbury19.5 mi521
7West Hartford14.8 mi515
8East Hartford14.5 mi491

Top industries

The sectors that employ Middletown’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance25.5%
MFManufacturing13.6%
EDEducational Services8.6%
TRTransportation and Warehousing8.3%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.2%
RTRetail Trade6.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.0%
COConstruction4.4%
PAPublic Administration4.0%
Connectivity

Internet options for Middletown

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps92% of homes
2 Gbps92%
5 Gbps92%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Middletown

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