Gulf Breeze vs Midway

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

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

Midway has the higher population (20,745 vs 6,519 in Gulf Breeze). Gulf Breeze has the higher median household income ($108,575 vs $90,662 in Midway). Gulf Breeze has the higher median home value ($484,800 vs $352,600 in Midway).

Population, income & housing

	Gulf Breeze	Midway
Population	6,519	20,745
Median age	50.2 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$108,575	$90,662
Median home value	$484,800	$352,600
Median gross rent	$1,246	$1,668
Housing units	3,118	9,451
Homeownership rate	77.7%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.0%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gulf Breeze	Midway
Population	6,546 → 6,519 (-0.4%)	17,760 → 20,745 (+16.8%)
Median household income	$92,267 → $108,575 (+17.7%)	$59,367 → $90,662 (+52.7%)
Median home value	$371,600 → $484,800 (+30.5%)	$236,000 → $352,600 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $1,246 (-15.4%)	$1,236 → $1,668 (+35.0%)

Gulf Breeze

Population

6,5466,519

Median household income

$92,267$108,575

Median home value

$371,600$484,800

Median gross rent

$1,472$1,246

Midway

Population

17,76020,745

Median household income

$59,367$90,662

Median home value

$236,000$352,600

Median gross rent

$1,236$1,668

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gulf Breeze	Midway
Under 5	3.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	20.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	2.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	2.9%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	17.5%	15.3%
55 to 64	16.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.7%
75 and over	11.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gulf Breeze	Midway
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	86.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gulf Breeze	Midway
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	10.5%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	37.7%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gulf Breeze	Midway
Drove alone	66.0%	69.3%
Carpooled	2.1%	12.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	14.3%
Other means	4.6%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gulf Breeze	Midway
1-unit, detached	71.1%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	4.9%
20 or more units	9.9%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Gulf Breeze	Midway
Poverty rate	3.9%	8.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1973	1995