Midway City vs Rossmoor

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

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

Rossmoor has the higher population (11,895 vs 8,094 in Midway City). Rossmoor has the higher median household income ($200,833 vs $64,735 in Midway City). Rossmoor has the higher median home value ($1,234,700 vs $723,700 in Midway City).

Population, income & housing

	Midway City	Rossmoor
Population	8,094	11,895
Median age	40.9 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,735	$200,833
Median home value	$723,700	$1,234,700
Median gross rent	$1,439	$3,501
Housing units	2,816	4,072
Homeownership rate	27.3%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	60.7%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midway City	Rossmoor
Population	8,343 → 8,094 (-3.0%)	11,128 → 11,895 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$40,059 → $64,735 (+61.6%)	$127,891 → $200,833 (+57.0%)
Median home value	$573,400 → $723,700 (+26.2%)	$948,700 → $1,234,700 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,360 → $1,439 (+5.8%)	$2,678 → $3,501 (+30.7%)

Midway City

Population

8,3438,094

Median household income

$40,059$64,735

Median home value

$573,400$723,700

Median gross rent

$1,360$1,439

Rossmoor

Population

11,12811,895

Median household income

$127,891$200,833

Median home value

$948,700$1,234,700

Median gross rent

$2,678$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Midway City	Rossmoor
Under 5	4.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	22.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	4.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	15.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	16.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.0%
75 and over	8.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midway City	Rossmoor
White (non-Hispanic)	15.9%	61.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.0%
Asian	44.2%	12.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midway City	Rossmoor
No high school diploma	32.8%	2.5%
High school graduate	24.5%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midway City	Rossmoor
Drove alone	74.6%	71.2%
Carpooled	14.9%	1.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	23.8%
Other means	0.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midway City	Rossmoor
1-unit, detached	37.0%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	16.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.7%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Midway City	Rossmoor
Poverty rate	17.6%	3.8%
Average household size	3.14	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1971	1959