Magnet Cove vs Midway

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

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

Magnet Cove has the higher population (818 vs 769 in Midway). Midway has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $154,600 in Magnet Cove). Since 2019, Magnet Cove's population has grown faster (+50.4% vs +43.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Magnet Cove	Midway
Population	818	769
Median age	31.2 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$88,125
Median home value	$154,600	$158,300
Housing units	456	272
Homeownership rate	48.6%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	15.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Magnet Cove	Midway
Population	544 → 818 (+50.4%)	536 → 769 (+43.5%)
Median household income	$82,750 → $82,411 (-0.4%)	$58,281 → $88,125 (+51.2%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $154,600 (+70.6%)	$110,200 → $158,300 (+43.6%)

Magnet Cove

Population

544818

Median household income

$82,750$82,411

Median home value

$90,600$154,600

Midway

Population

536769

Median household income

$58,281$88,125

Median home value

$110,200$158,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Magnet Cove	Midway
Under 5	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 17	21.9%	10.1%
18 to 24	26.5%	15.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.5%
35 to 44	3.3%	15.7%
45 to 54	23.3%	19.2%
55 to 64	3.9%	9.1%
65 to 74	5.9%	16.6%
75 and over	1.1%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Magnet Cove	Midway
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	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	14.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Magnet Cove	Midway
No high school diploma	2.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	53.8%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Magnet Cove	Midway
Drove alone	85.5%	74.3%
Carpooled	2.1%	24.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	0.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Magnet Cove	Midway
1-unit, detached	39.9%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	25.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.4%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Magnet Cove	Midway
Poverty rate	46.9%	7.0%
Average household size	2.47	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1973	1991