Midway vs Perla

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

Midway and Perla 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 197 in Perla). Midway has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $93,000 in Perla). Since 2019, Midway's population has grown faster (+43.5% vs -25.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Midway	Perla
Population	769	197
Median age	44.6 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$88,125	—
Median home value	$158,300	$93,000
Median gross rent	—	$520
Housing units	272	103
Homeownership rate	93.2%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midway	Perla
Population	536 → 769 (+43.5%)	265 → 197 (-25.7%)
Median household income	$58,281 → $88,125 (+51.2%)	$33,750 → $26,875 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$110,200 → $158,300 (+43.6%)	$62,500 → $93,000 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$543 → $520 (-4.2%)

Midway

Population

536769

Median household income

$58,281$88,125

Median home value

$110,200$158,300

Perla

Population

265197

Median household income

$33,750$26,875

Median home value

$62,500$93,000

Median gross rent

$543$520

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Midway	Perla
Under 5	0.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	10.1%	32.5%
18 to 24	15.1%	3.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	5.6%
45 to 54	19.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	9.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	16.6%	15.2%
75 and over	2.9%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midway	Perla
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	29.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	45.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	23.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midway	Perla
No high school diploma	6.1%	15.8%
High school graduate	35.1%	57.9%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midway	Perla
Drove alone	74.3%	81.8%
Carpooled	24.9%	5.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.2%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midway	Perla
1-unit, detached	89.7%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Midway	Perla
Poverty rate	7.0%	20.3%
Average household size	3.06	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1991	1983