Friendship vs Midway

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

Friendship 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 187 in Friendship). Midway has the higher median household income ($88,125 vs $68,750 in Friendship). Friendship has the higher median home value ($163,900 vs $158,300 in Midway).

Population, income & housing

	Friendship	Midway
Population	187	769
Median age	41.1 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$88,125
Median home value	$163,900	$158,300
Median gross rent	$638	—
Housing units	74	272
Homeownership rate	76.7%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendship	Midway
Population	163 → 187 (+14.7%)	536 → 769 (+43.5%)
Median household income	$39,063 → $68,750 (+76.0%)	$58,281 → $88,125 (+51.2%)
Median home value	$85,600 → $163,900 (+91.5%)	$110,200 → $158,300 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $638 (+1.3%)	—

Friendship

Population

163187

Median household income

$39,063$68,750

Median home value

$85,600$163,900

Median gross rent

$630$638

Midway

Population

536769

Median household income

$58,281$88,125

Median home value

$110,200$158,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Friendship	Midway
Under 5	0.5%	0.7%
5 to 17	33.7%	10.1%
18 to 24	0.5%	15.1%
25 to 34	8.0%	10.5%
35 to 44	25.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	5.3%	19.2%
55 to 64	6.4%	9.1%
65 to 74	13.4%	16.6%
75 and over	6.4%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendship	Midway
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	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	4.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendship	Midway
No high school diploma	5.7%	6.1%
High school graduate	36.1%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendship	Midway
Drove alone	50.6%	74.3%
Carpooled	6.0%	24.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	41.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendship	Midway
1-unit, detached	58.1%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	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	29.7%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Friendship	Midway
Poverty rate	10.2%	7.0%
Average household size	3.12	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	10	29
Median year structure built	1981	1991