New York · Census place 3647042
Middletown, New York
Middletown is a city in Orange County, New York with an estimated 30,188 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 26th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 30,188
- #26 of 419 in New York
- Change since 2020
- -0.4%
- -113 people
- Land area
- 5.3 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 5,685 / sq mi
- State median 3,760
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Middletown population, 2020 to 2024
Middletown lost 113 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -70. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 80th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Middletown is 2.9 times that size.
Middletown covers 5.31 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 5,685 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Middletown is denser than the typical town.
What county Middletown is in
All of Middletown's residents live in Orange County, which had 411,767 residents in 2024. Middletown holds 7.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Middletown
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Middletown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 10940. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Middletown is
The Census internal point of Middletown is at 41.444900, -74.423600. Albany, the capital, is 90.2 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kiryas Joel, NY (43,863 people), 15.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ, 39.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.444900, -74.423600
- DMS
- 41°26'41.64"N 74°25'24.96"W
- UTM
- 18N 548148.8E 4588307.4N
- Geohash
- dr75f2y6h
- Plus code
- 87H7CHVG+XH
Daylight in Middletown
At 41.44° N, Middletown gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Middletown
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Goshen, 5.8 miles away, with 5,760 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Middletown, NY?
30,188 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 113 (0.4%) from 30,301 in July 2020.
What county is Middletown in?
Orange County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Middletown?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 10940.
How far is Middletown from Albany?
90.2 miles (145.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Middletown.
What is the nearest larger city to Middletown?
Kiryas Joel, NY, with 43,863 residents, 15.1 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.