Midway vs Salesville

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

Midway and Salesville 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 498 in Salesville). Salesville has the higher median household income ($49,063 vs $37,875 in Midway). Midway has the higher median home value ($140,600 vs $105,400 in Salesville).

Population, income & housing

	Midway	Salesville
Population	1,296	498
Median age	50.0 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,875	$49,063
Median home value	$140,600	$105,400
Median gross rent	$1,043	$1,025
Housing units	698	318
Homeownership rate	77.2%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midway	Salesville
Population	1,129 → 1,296 (+14.8%)	374 → 498 (+33.2%)
Median household income	$55,391 → $37,875 (-31.6%)	$35,000 → $49,063 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$116,900 → $140,600 (+20.3%)	$83,700 → $105,400 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $1,043 (+75.9%)	$625 → $1,025 (+64.0%)

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

Salesville

Population

374498

Median household income

$35,000$49,063

Median home value

$83,700$105,400

Median gross rent

$625$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Midway	Salesville
Under 5	4.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	9.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	7.1%	6.6%
35 to 44	7.5%	9.6%
45 to 54	25.8%	14.3%
55 to 64	22.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	4.9%	15.1%
75 and over	9.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midway	Salesville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	5.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midway	Salesville
No high school diploma	15.7%	9.7%
High school graduate	33.0%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midway	Salesville
Drove alone	72.0%	85.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.4%
Other means	5.3%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midway	Salesville
1-unit, detached	84.7%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	45.9%

Poverty & households

	Midway	Salesville
Poverty rate	23.7%	26.3%
Average household size	2.00	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	14	22
Median year structure built	1974	1981