Middletown, DE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Middletown, Delaware, shaded from 0 ft on the east side to 91 ft on the north side
Elevation
91 ft 28 m68 ft 21 m57 ft 17 m34 ft 10 m11 ft 3 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Middletown sits at about 59 ft (18 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
59 ft 18 m
most residents: 41–66 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the east side
Highest
91 ft 28 m
on the north side
Average
56 ft 17 m
all land inside town limits

Middletown spans about 91 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
59 ft18 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
91 ft28 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the east side
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Middletown
66 ft20 m
Airport (EVY)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.7 mi north of the town limits
70 ft21 m
Average of all land56 ft17 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Middletown, Delaware, shaded from 0 ft on the east side to 91 ft on the north side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States
Population
25,686 2024 est.
Land area
13.5 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,902 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.4496° N, 75.7163° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Summit (EVY) 70 ft
ZIP codes 2
19709 19734
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Glasgow75 ft
  2. Cecilton, MD71 ft
  3. Galena, MD66 ft
  4. Townsend60 ft
  5. Middletown59 ft
  6. Odessa46 ft
  7. Clayton44 ft
  8. St. Georges42 ft
  9. Chesapeake City, MD24 ft
  10. Delaware City9 ft
  11. Port Penn5 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Iron Hill330 ft
  • Chestnut Hill300 ft
  • Sandy Brae170 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −1 ft at 39.4374° N, 75.6754° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.