| ECONOMY | Middletown (Dauphin county) | Altoona | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.40% | 6.50% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -0.89% | -0.24% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 30.82% | 33.02% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 6.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 4.82% | 4.27% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $21,459 | $18,761 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $41,941 | $34,629 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 11.17% | 19.32% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 12.69% | 17.84% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 16.13% | 13.31% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 19.98% | 17.34% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 22.46% | 17.62% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 11.59% | 7.74% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 5.96% | 5.32% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 0.05% | 1.11% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.00% | 0.37% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.00% | 0.04% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 9.25% | 7.72% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 16.78% | 16.49% | 20.61% |
| Service | 16.30% | 19.48% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 32.15% | 28.97% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.25% | 0.10% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 9.75% | 10.42% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 15.49% | 16.80% | 14.05% |
