About Middletown

Middletown is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 5,927 people and just one neighborhood, Middletown is the 84th largest community in Kentucky.

Middletown has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Middletown, where the median household income is $53,608.

Middletown is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.20% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Middletown is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Middletown who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.47%), sales jobs (14.99%), and management occupations (11.47%).

In addition, Middletown is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Middletown is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Middletown really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Middletown perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Being a small city, Middletown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Middletown Information and Demographics

The citizens of Middletown are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 36.83% of adults in Middletown have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Middletown in 2000 was $26,660, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,640 for a family of four.

The people who call Middletown home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Middletown is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Middletown include English, German, Irish, Scotch-Irish, European, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Middletown is English. Some people also speak Spanish.