Middletown, Ohio

Coordinates: 39°30′12″N 84°21′57″W / 39.50333°N 84.36583°W / 39.50333; -84.36583
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This article is about the city. For the unincorporated community in Champaign County, see Middletown, Champaign County, Ohio. For the community in Crawford County, see Middletown, Crawford County, Ohio.

Middletown, Ohio
FIPS code
39-49840[4]
GNIS feature ID1085814[3]
Websitehttps://www.cityofmiddletown.org/

Middletown is a city located in Butler and Warren counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. The population as of the 2020 census was 50,987. It is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area, located 29 miles (47 km) northeast of Cincinnati and 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Dayton.[5]

Formerly in

Hook Field Municipal Airport (airport code MWO), which was formerly served by commercial airlines but is currently only for general aviation. A regional campus of Miami University is located in Middletown. In 1957, Middletown was designated as an All-America City.[6]

Name

The city's name is believed to have been given by its founder,

Middletown, New Jersey. Another writer believed that the city was named Middletown because it was the midway point of navigation on the Great Miami River, which was then considered a navigable stream. Another theory is credited to the city being roughly halfway between Dayton and Cincinnati.[7][8]
Vail centered the city in Fractional Section 28 of Town 2, Range 4 North. One of the first settlers in Middletown was Daniel Doty, who migrated there from New Jersey in the late 18th century.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 26.43 square miles (68.45 km2), of which 26.19 square miles (67.83 km2) is land and 0.24 square miles (0.62 km2) is water.[9]

Middletown adjoins the Great Miami River. Middletown also borders the cities of Franklin, Monroe, Trenton, and Liberty and Madison Townships.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1820314—
1840809—
18501,08734.4%
18602,07090.4%
18703,04647.1%
18804,53849.0%
18907,68169.3%
19009,21520.0%
191013,15242.7%
192023,58479.3%
193029,99227.2%
194031,2204.1%
195033,6957.9%
196042,11525.0%
197048,76715.8%
198043,719−10.4%
199046,7587.0%
200051,60510.4%
201048,694−5.6%
202050,9874.7%
Sources:[4][10][11][12]

2020 census

As of the

Latino
of any race were 4.1% of the population.

There were 20,057 households with an average 2.39 people living in each, 81% of whom had lived in the same house for at least 1 year. 85% of residents were high school graduates, and 15.6% had received Bachelor's degrees or higher. 6.2% of residents were under the age of 6, 22.5% of residents were under the age of 18, and 17.2% were over the age of 65. The gender makeup of the city was 52.3% female and 47.7% male. The percentage of persons under 65 with a disability was 16.8%.

The median household income was $42,290, and the annual per capita income average was $24,184. Approximately 22.5% of persons were below the poverty line. The average travel time to work was 23.1 minutes. 59.2% of residents worked in the civilian labor force, 54.5% of whom were female.

2010 census

As of the

Latino
of any race were 3.8% of the population.

There were 20,238 households, of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.9% were married couples living together, 18.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 38.2% were non-families. 31.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.97.

The median age in the city was 38.3 years. 24.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.7% were from 25 to 44; 27.1% were from 45 to 64; and 14.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.5% male and 52.5% female.

2000 census

As of the

Latino
of any race were 0.89% of the population.

There were 21,469 households, out of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.9% were married couples living together, 14.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% were non-families. 29.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $36,215, and the median income for a family was $43,867. Males had a median income of $35,705 versus $23,865 for females. The

poverty line
, including 18.4% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation

Ohio State Route 4 runs north-south through Middletown. Ohio State Route 73 and Ohio State Route 122 run east-west through the city. Ohio State Route 122 accesses Interstate 75 running to the east of Middletown.

Middletown had multiple railroad stations serving the different railroads running through the city,

Penn Central's Cincinnati-Columbus train, both ending in 1971.[15]

Transit service was formerly provided by the privately-owned Ortman-Stewart Transportation Company, which ceased operations at the end of 1972.[16] Today, the Butler County Regional Transit Authority provides bus service in the city with connections to Hamilton, Oxford, as well as Springdale, where riders can transfer to the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority serving greater Cincinnati.[16]

Notable people

In popular culture

J. D. Vance describes his life in Middletown in Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (2016). His family had moved there from Jackson, Kentucky and became caught in the problems of industrial restructuring and loss of jobs.

Bristol Palin wrote negatively about a 2008 visit to Middletown in her autobiography Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far (2017).[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Election Night Results". Butler County Board of Elections. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  3. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Middletown, Ohio
  4. ^ a b c "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. National Archives. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help); |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  6. ^ "Fear, caution, patriotism watchwords in Middletown".
  7. ISBN 9780873385251
    . Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  8. Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ^ "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  10. ^ "Number of Inhabitants: Ohio" (PDF). 18th Census of the United States. U.S. Census Bureau. 1960. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  11. ^ "Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  12. ^ "Quick Facts: Middletown city, Ohio". census.gov. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  13. ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  14. ^ "Index of Railroad Stations". Official Guide of the Railways. 54 (1). National Railway Publication Company. January 1921.
  15. ^ "Project 1971," U. S. Passenger Trains operating on the eve of Amtrak, Reference: Journey to Amtrak; Harold A. Edmonson, Ed.; Kalmbach Publications; ©1972 https://www.streamlinerschedules.com/project1971.html
  16. ^ a b "Photograph of the Middletown's downtown bus stop on North Verity Parkway, Middletown, Ohio, 1977 July". Midpointe Digital Archives. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
  17. ^ Barone, Michael; Ujifusa, Grant (1987). The Almanac of American Politics 1988. p. 935. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  18. ^ "Bristol Palin slams Middletown in new book". Fox 19 Now. Raycom Media. Fox19. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2017.

Further reading

External links

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