Midway vs Rockport

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

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

Rockport has the higher population (777 vs 769 in Midway). Midway has the higher median household income ($88,125 vs $68,681 in Rockport). Midway has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $145,600 in Rockport).

Population, income & housing

	Midway	Rockport
Population	769	777
Median age	44.6 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,125	$68,681
Median home value	$158,300	$145,600
Median gross rent	—	$777
Housing units	272	318
Homeownership rate	93.2%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midway	Rockport
Population	536 → 769 (+43.5%)	894 → 777 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$58,281 → $88,125 (+51.2%)	$50,625 → $68,681 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$110,200 → $158,300 (+43.6%)	$118,900 → $145,600 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$669 → $777 (+16.1%)

Midway

Population

536769

Median household income

$58,281$88,125

Median home value

$110,200$158,300

Rockport

Population

894777

Median household income

$50,625$68,681

Median home value

$118,900$145,600

Median gross rent

$669$777

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Midway	Rockport
Under 5	0.7%	15.1%
5 to 17	10.1%	12.2%
18 to 24	15.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	5.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	8.9%
45 to 54	19.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	9.1%	16.7%
65 to 74	16.6%	15.1%
75 and over	2.9%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midway	Rockport
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	65.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midway	Rockport
No high school diploma	6.1%	7.2%
High school graduate	35.1%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midway	Rockport
Drove alone	74.3%	76.4%
Carpooled	24.9%	11.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	0.2%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midway	Rockport
1-unit, detached	89.7%	71.7%
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	10.3%	28.3%

Poverty & households

	Midway	Rockport
Poverty rate	7.0%	27.2%
Average household size	3.06	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1991	1984