Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Middletown’s best subject grade is an A for history; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 29 of Virginia’s 372 towns score lower on walkability. Only 4 of Virginia’s 372 towns score lower on the outdoors. Middletown is home to Laurel Ridge Community College. Middletown has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Middletown beats most towns.
Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove| College | Students |
|---|---|
| Laurel Ridge Community College | 4,452 |
Census counts: 372 in 1880, 1,355 in 2020. The archive holds 24 old photos and papers going back to 1933 and 7 maps from 1923 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Middletown is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Middletown. Close and well known come first.
9 mi National ParkShenandoah National Park1.7M visitors a year
Big draw21 mi LandmarkMount Weather Emergency Operations Center
27 mi CaveLuray Caverns35 mi Scenic driveSkyline Drive
32 mi National Historical ParkHarpers Ferry National Historical Park538K visitors a year
in town National Historical ParkCedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical ParkShenandoah National Park: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center: Unknown, Public domain · Luray Caverns: Paulo Ordoveza from Washington, DC, CC BY 2.0 · Skyline Drive: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Harpers Ferry National Historical Park: Mark Fickett, CC BY 3.0 · Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Middletown, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Middletown.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Middletown since 2004.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Middletown for work: only 2% work in town. Middletown’s median household income is $60,000, below both Virginia’s towns ($102,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). 15% of residents live below the poverty line in Middletown.
| Middletown | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 7.7% | 17% | 11% |
| Median household income | $60,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Middletown has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 24° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Middletown’s violent crime rate is 0 per 1,000 residents, against 2.3 in Virginia’s towns and 1.6 across U.S. towns. The property crime rate in Middletown is 3.4 per 1,000 residents. Middletown's reported crime rate is well below Virginia's.
| Middletown | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.4 per 1,000 residents | 14.6 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The typical Middletown home is worth about $450,000, up 2.5% in a year, 9% above the Virginia typical home. Middletown’s median rent is $798 a month.
| Middletown | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $798 a month | $1,762 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 61% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Middletown beats the Virginia average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 39% of Middletown adults have obesity.
| Middletown | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Middletown | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 62% | 67.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Middletown
About 3 of every 100 Middletown residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
5 places in Middletown on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Virginia, United States
Middletown is a town in Frederick County, Virginia, United States, in the northern Shenandoah Valley. As of the 2020 census, Middletown had a population of 1,355.
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That is 5.3 years of the area's median household income ($84,298 across the Winchester, VA-WV metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
2 notable people were born here, including T. M. Turner and Edward Eugene Willey, Sr..
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