Demographics of Middletown city, Kentucky

Middletown city, Kentucky had 9,944 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +229 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Middletown city, in four figures

9,944
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 9,763 ±57.; +2.4%
Change since July 2020: +229 people.; 42.0 ±3.7
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $82,537 ±$8,569
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Middletown city, Kentucky's population grew 2.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Middletown city, Kentucky's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Middletown city, Kentucky's population grew 2.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Middletown city, Kentucky's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	9,715	100.0	100.0
2021	9,678	99.6	100.2
2022	9,691	99.8	100.7
2023	9,779	100.7	101.6
2024	9,904	101.9	102.5
2025	9,944	102.4	103.1

Population of Middletown city, Kentucky on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	9,715	—
2021	9,678	−37
2022	9,691	+13
2023	9,779	+88
2024	9,904	+125
2025	9,944	+40

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 42.0 ±3.7: for men 40.8 ±4.7 and for women 42.7 ±3.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Middletown city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Under 5	414 ±153	4.2% ±1.6	5.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,655 ±349	17.0% ±3.6	16.7% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	696 ±218	7.1% ±2.2	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,478 ±310	25.4% ±3.2	25.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,340 ±335	24.0% ±3.4	25.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,180 ±361	22.3% ±3.7	17.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $82,537 ±$8,569, and income per person $49,637 ±$4,361, in 2024 dollars. The median is $63,726 ±$429 in Kentucky and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Middletown city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Kentucky	United States
Under $25,000	580 ±198	13.2% ±4.4	19.6% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	874 ±234	19.8% ±5.2	20.4% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	597 ±204	13.6% ±4.6	17.1% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	491 ±174	11.1% ±3.9	12.8% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	805 ±222	18.3% ±4.9	15.9% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	484 ±145	11.0% ±3.2	7.1% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	574 ±143	13.0% ±3.2	7.2% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Middletown city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Kentucky	United States
All ages	883 ±288	9.1% ±3.0	16.1% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	57 to 347	3.2% to 16.9%	20.3% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	422 ±179	8.6% ±3.6	15.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	259 ±117	9.4% ±4.0	13.4% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Middletown city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Middletown city	Kentucky	United States
Housing units	4,670 ±273	2,023,116 ±474	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	94.3% ±7.6	89.7% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	5.7% ±2.7	10.3% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	57.1% ±3.0	68.3% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	42.9% ±5.7	31.7% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$336,000 ±$17,457	$205,600 ±$1,096	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,502 ±$117	$967 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1997 ±5	1982 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Middletown city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Hispanic or Latino	364 to 1,084	3.7% to 11.1%	5.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	7,326 ±461	75.0% ±4.7	81.5% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	698 ±287	7.1% ±2.9	7.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	392 to 1,160	4.0% to 11.9%	1.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 18	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 18	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 37	0% to 0.4%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	225 ±102	2.3% ±1.0	3.9% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Middletown city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Born in the state	5,503 ±462	56.4% ±4.7	67.3% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,862 ±390	29.3% ±4.0	27.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	51 to 199	0.5% to 2.0%	0.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,273 ±350	13.0% ±3.6	4.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	512 ±230	5.2% ±2.4	1.9% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	761 ±333	7.8% ±3.4	2.8% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Middletown city among the places of Kentucky

47th of 86 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Kentucky page.

Places of Kentucky near Middletown city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Franklin city	10,360 ±20
La Grange city	10,311 ±39
Oakbrook CDP	10,211 ±877
Paris city	10,160 ±28
Mayfield city	9,868 ±139
Middletown city	9,763 ±57
Harrodsburg city	9,313 ±25
Elsmere city	9,205 ±27
Middlesborough city	9,123 ±18
Fort Knox CDP	8,836 ±787
Hillview city	8,797 ±23

Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Places in Kentucky by foreign-born share
No. 1 Places in Kentucky by median rent
No. 3 Places in Kentucky by median age
No. 3 Places in Kentucky by median home value
No. 3 Places in Kentucky by per capita income
No. 9 Places in Kentucky by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026