Midway vs Mountain Home

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

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

Mountain Home has the higher population (13,021 vs 1,296 in Midway). Mountain Home has the higher median household income ($42,103 vs $37,875 in Midway). Mountain Home has the higher median home value ($160,200 vs $140,600 in Midway).

Population, income & housing

	Midway	Mountain Home
Population	1,296	13,021
Median age	50.0 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$37,875	$42,103
Median home value	$140,600	$160,200
Median gross rent	$1,043	$857
Housing units	698	6,640
Homeownership rate	77.2%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midway	Mountain Home
Population	1,129 → 1,296 (+14.8%)	12,393 → 13,021 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$55,391 → $37,875 (-31.6%)	$40,408 → $42,103 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$116,900 → $140,600 (+20.3%)	$126,100 → $160,200 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $1,043 (+75.9%)	$686 → $857 (+24.9%)

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

Mountain Home

Population

12,39313,021

Median household income

$40,408$42,103

Median home value

$126,100$160,200

Median gross rent

$686$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Midway	Mountain Home
Under 5	4.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	9.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	7.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	25.8%	8.5%
55 to 64	22.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	4.9%	12.2%
75 and over	9.8%	17.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midway	Mountain Home
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	5.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midway	Mountain Home
No high school diploma	15.7%	11.0%
High school graduate	33.0%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midway	Mountain Home
Drove alone	72.0%	75.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.6%
Other means	5.3%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midway	Mountain Home
1-unit, detached	84.7%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Midway	Mountain Home
Poverty rate	23.7%	17.7%
Average household size	2.00	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	14	11
Median year structure built	1974	1980