Level Plains vs Midland City

A side-by-side comparison of Level Plains and Midland City: population, income, housing, and more.

Level Plains and Midland City are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Midland City has the higher population (1,803 vs 1,608 in Level Plains). Level Plains has the higher median household income ($64,167 vs $35,638 in Midland City). Midland City has the higher median home value ($153,400 vs $125,300 in Level Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Level Plains	Midland City
Population	1,608	1,803
Median age	47.7 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,167	$35,638
Median home value	$125,300	$153,400
Median gross rent	$826	$581
Housing units	804	1,031
Homeownership rate	81.6%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Level Plains	Midland City
Population	2,102 → 1,608 (-23.5%)	1,961 → 1,803 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$60,969 → $64,167 (+5.2%)	$27,895 → $35,638 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$157,100 → $125,300 (-20.2%)	$100,800 → $153,400 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,264 → $826 (-34.7%)	$647 → $581 (-10.2%)

Level Plains

Population

2,1021,608

Median household income

$60,969$64,167

Median home value

$157,100$125,300

Median gross rent

$1,264$826

Midland City

Population

1,9611,803

Median household income

$27,895$35,638

Median home value

$100,800$153,400

Median gross rent

$647$581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Level Plains	Midland City
Under 5	3.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	8.5%	14.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	8.3%	24.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	19.6%	8.8%
55 to 64	17.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	15.0%
75 and over	7.6%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Level Plains	Midland City
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	54.6%
Black or African American	22.6%	41.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Level Plains	Midland City
No high school diploma	14.6%	19.5%
High school graduate	27.3%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Level Plains	Midland City
Drove alone	84.1%	87.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	2.5%
Other means	3.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Level Plains	Midland City
1-unit, detached	69.0%	47.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	23.1%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	19.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Level Plains	Midland City
Poverty rate	10.0%	21.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1989	1978