Middletown is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Rhode Island. With a population of 17,334 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Middletown is the 20th largest community in Rhode Island.

Also of interest is that Middletown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

6.60% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Middletown. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Healthcare and Retail industries respectively employ 15.33% and 12.42% of the civilian workforce.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Middletown are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.56 minutes getting to work every day.

Middletown Information and Demographics

The citizens of Middletown are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.19% of adults in Middletown have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Middletown in 2000 was $25,857, which is upper middle income relative to Rhode Island, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,428 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 Irish, Portuguese, English, Italian, German, French, French Canadian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Middletown is English.