Bismarck vs Midway

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

Bismarck 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 (769 vs 61 in Bismarck). Since 2019, Midway's population has grown faster (+43.5% vs -88.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bismarck	Midway
Population	61	769
Median age	57.6 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$88,125
Median home value	—	$158,300
Housing units	31	272
Homeownership rate	67.7%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bismarck	Midway
Population	535 → 61 (-88.6%)	536 → 769 (+43.5%)
Median household income	$75,515 → $63,831 (-15.5%)	$58,281 → $88,125 (+51.2%)
Median home value	$116,200 → $117,100 (+0.8%)	$110,200 → $158,300 (+43.6%)

Bismarck

Population

53561

Median household income

$75,515$63,831

Median home value

$116,200$117,100

Midway

Population

536769

Median household income

$58,281$88,125

Median home value

$110,200$158,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bismarck	Midway
Under 5	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	10.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	16.4%	19.2%
55 to 64	70.5%	9.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	16.6%
75 and over	0.0%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bismarck	Midway
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bismarck	Midway
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	0.0%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bismarck	Midway
Drove alone	18.9%	74.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	24.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	41.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	39.6%	0.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bismarck	Midway
1-unit, detached	32.3%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	67.7%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Bismarck	Midway
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.0%
Average household size	1.97	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	—	1991