Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Middletown run?
Middletown’s town government spent $4.1 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $776 per resident. Water and other utilities ($1.6 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Middletown is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $776 per resident a year, or $2.13 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 38%.
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No comparison for Middletown yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample). Middletown’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate (it reported none of its 2022 dollars), so it has no like-for-like peer figure. It reported 2024; the next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Day-to-day spending is up 4% since 2023
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Middletown reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2023: $761 · 2024: $776.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $5,963 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.07% of the home’s value, vs 0.97% across Maryland.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Middletown’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Middletown’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Middletown →
Who’s in charge in Middletown
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Middletown’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The town posts agendas and minutes on middletown.md.us ↗.
One full-time town employee for every 238 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (5,239).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Frederick County Public Schools
Middletown’s K–12 school district, shared with Brunswick, Burkittsville, Emmitsburg, Frederick, Myersville and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $17,172 per pupil, $10,929 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Maryland districts overall: 47% local, 44% state, 9% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Middletown’s votes are counted by county
Maryland reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Middletown alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Frederick County’s results.
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat52.8%82,409 votes
Donald J TrumpRepublican44.0%68,753 votesOthers: 3.2% (4,952 votes).
Most votes in Frederick County: Kamala D Harris
Maryland: Harris 62.6%, Trump 34.1%
100% of Middletown lies in Frederick County. Every 2024 race in Frederick County is on the county’s page.
Frederick County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Middletown.
- 1Your townTown governmentOfficials: middletown.md.us ↗
- 2Maryland House of DelegatesState representatives
- 3Maryland SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Maryland
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Middletown’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Middletown’s government
How much does Middletown spend per resident?
About $776 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Middletown?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $5,963 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.07% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.97% across Maryland. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see middletown.md.us.
Who runs Middletown’s government?
See middletown.md.us for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Middletown yet.
How did Middletown vote in 2024?
Maryland counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Middletown alone. Frederick County, where 100% of Middletown lies, voted Harris 52.8%, Trump 44.0% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Middletown?
22 full-time and 16 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $148,212 (about $1.8M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Middletown in the state legislature?
State Senate District 4 (Bill Folden) and House of Delegates District 4 (April Miller, Barrie Ciliberti and Jesse Pippy). The House of Delegates district also covers seven other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Middletown’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →