Midway vs Norfork

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

Midway and Norfork 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 599 in Norfork). Midway has the higher median household income ($37,875 vs $32,917 in Norfork). Norfork has the higher median home value ($183,900 vs $140,600 in Midway).

Population, income & housing

	Midway	Norfork
Population	1,296	599
Median age	50.0 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,875	$32,917
Median home value	$140,600	$183,900
Median gross rent	$1,043	$730
Housing units	698	416
Homeownership rate	77.2%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midway	Norfork
Population	1,129 → 1,296 (+14.8%)	494 → 599 (+21.3%)
Median household income	$55,391 → $37,875 (-31.6%)	$33,750 → $32,917 (-2.5%)
Median home value	$116,900 → $140,600 (+20.3%)	$143,300 → $183,900 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $1,043 (+75.9%)	$611 → $730 (+19.5%)

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

Norfork

Population

494599

Median household income

$33,750$32,917

Median home value

$143,300$183,900

Median gross rent

$611$730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Midway	Norfork
Under 5	4.9%	12.2%
5 to 17	9.0%	25.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	3.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	7.5%	14.7%
45 to 54	25.8%	3.2%
55 to 64	22.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	4.9%	9.7%
75 and over	9.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midway	Norfork
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	83.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midway	Norfork
No high school diploma	15.7%	7.1%
High school graduate	33.0%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midway	Norfork
Drove alone	72.0%	54.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	23.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.8%	21.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.6%
Other means	5.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midway	Norfork
1-unit, detached	84.7%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Midway	Norfork
Poverty rate	23.7%	42.2%
Average household size	2.00	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1974	1983