Midway vs Union Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Midway and Union Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Midway and Union Springs are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Union Springs has the higher population (3,287 vs 633 in Midway). Midway has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $25,828 in Union Springs). Since 2019, Union Springs's population has grown faster (-6.5% vs -7.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Midway	Union Springs
Population	633	3,287
Median age	39.8 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$25,828
Median home value	—	$77,300
Median gross rent	$669	$659
Housing units	317	1,637
Homeownership rate	57.5%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	30.2%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midway	Union Springs
Population	683 → 633 (-7.3%)	3,514 → 3,287 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$25,125 → $43,750 (+74.1%)	$22,290 → $25,828 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$42,100 → $104,800 (+148.9%)	$69,600 → $77,300 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$275 → $669 (+143.3%)	$659 → $659 (+0.0%)

Midway

Population

683633

Median household income

$25,125$43,750

Median home value

$42,100$104,800

Median gross rent

$275$669

Union Springs

Population

3,5143,287

Median household income

$22,290$25,828

Median home value

$69,600$77,300

Median gross rent

$659$659

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Midway	Union Springs
Under 5	5.1%	9.2%
5 to 17	2.1%	21.3%
18 to 24	13.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	24.0%	19.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	7.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.5%
75 and over	8.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midway	Union Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	5.7%	9.6%
Black or African American	90.4%	72.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midway	Union Springs
No high school diploma	19.3%	33.8%
High school graduate	41.4%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midway	Union Springs
Drove alone	81.1%	92.9%
Carpooled	17.2%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midway	Union Springs
1-unit, detached	47.6%	43.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.1%
20 or more units	9.5%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	29.7%	31.2%

Poverty & households

	Midway	Union Springs
Poverty rate	13.7%	45.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1976	1977