Cotter vs Midway

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

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

Midway has the higher population (1,296 vs 955 in Cotter). Midway has the higher median household income ($37,875 vs $33,250 in Cotter). Cotter has the higher median home value ($162,000 vs $140,600 in Midway).

Population, income & housing

	Cotter	Midway
Population	955	1,296
Median age	63.3 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$33,250	$37,875
Median home value	$162,000	$140,600
Median gross rent	$657	$1,043
Housing units	651	698
Homeownership rate	73.1%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotter	Midway
Population	906 → 955 (+5.4%)	1,129 → 1,296 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$35,417 → $33,250 (-6.1%)	$55,391 → $37,875 (-31.6%)
Median home value	$107,000 → $162,000 (+51.4%)	$116,900 → $140,600 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $657 (+19.5%)	$593 → $1,043 (+75.9%)

Cotter

Population

906955

Median household income

$35,417$33,250

Median home value

$107,000$162,000

Median gross rent

$550$657

Midway

Population

1,1291,296

Median household income

$55,391$37,875

Median home value

$116,900$140,600

Median gross rent

$593$1,043

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotter	Midway
Under 5	2.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	9.5%	9.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	5.9%	7.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	7.5%
45 to 54	5.7%	25.8%
55 to 64	22.9%	22.6%
65 to 74	29.1%	4.9%
75 and over	9.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotter	Midway
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotter	Midway
No high school diploma	6.4%	15.7%
High school graduate	34.3%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotter	Midway
Drove alone	83.1%	72.0%
Carpooled	13.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	12.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotter	Midway
1-unit, detached	86.6%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Cotter	Midway
Poverty rate	16.5%	23.7%
Average household size	2.01	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	16	14
Median year structure built	1965	1974