Fern Park vs Midway

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

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

Fern Park has the higher population (8,593 vs 1,558 in Midway). Fern Park has the higher median household income ($60,828 vs $58,821 in Midway). Fern Park has the higher median home value ($321,400 vs $257,300 in Midway).

Population, income & housing

	Fern Park	Midway
Population	8,593	1,558
Median age	39.3 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,828	$58,821
Median home value	$321,400	$257,300
Median gross rent	$1,440	$1,146
Housing units	3,983	671
Homeownership rate	57.2%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fern Park	Midway
Population	8,694 → 8,593 (-1.2%)	1,592 → 1,558 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$60,199 → $60,828 (+1.0%)	$29,886 → $58,821 (+96.8%)
Median home value	$219,800 → $321,400 (+46.2%)	$102,600 → $257,300 (+150.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,131 → $1,440 (+27.3%)	$936 → $1,146 (+22.4%)

Fern Park

Population

8,6948,593

Median household income

$60,199$60,828

Median home value

$219,800$321,400

Median gross rent

$1,131$1,440

Midway

Population

1,5921,558

Median household income

$29,886$58,821

Median home value

$102,600$257,300

Median gross rent

$936$1,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fern Park	Midway
Under 5	6.7%	7.8%
5 to 17	10.9%	13.5%
18 to 24	3.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	21.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	15.5%	19.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	5.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	15.2%
75 and over	8.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fern Park	Midway
White (non-Hispanic)	68.0%	6.4%
Black or African American	6.5%	58.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	33.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fern Park	Midway
No high school diploma	6.7%	17.3%
High school graduate	21.7%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fern Park	Midway
Drove alone	74.0%	61.2%
Carpooled	13.1%	24.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	9.4%	12.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fern Park	Midway
1-unit, detached	50.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fern Park	Midway
Poverty rate	10.1%	12.8%
Average household size	2.25	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1974	1984