Fort Stewart vs Midway

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

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

Fort Stewart has the higher population (9,976 vs 2,173 in Midway). Midway has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $51,090 in Fort Stewart). Since 2019, Midway's population has grown faster (+23.3% vs +3.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Stewart	Midway
Population	9,976	2,173
Median age	21.6 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,090	$74,375
Median home value	—	$220,300
Median gross rent	$1,557	$950
Housing units	2,985	904
Homeownership rate	0.2%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Stewart	Midway
Population	9,643 → 9,976 (+3.5%)	1,763 → 2,173 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$42,129 → $51,090 (+21.3%)	$64,219 → $74,375 (+15.8%)
Median home value	—	$158,300 → $220,300 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,275 → $1,557 (+22.1%)	$1,081 → $950 (-12.1%)

Fort Stewart

Population

9,6439,976

Median household income

$42,129$51,090

Median gross rent

$1,275$1,557

Midway

Population

1,7632,173

Median household income

$64,219$74,375

Median home value

$158,300$220,300

Median gross rent

$1,081$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Stewart	Midway
Under 5	18.5%	9.0%
5 to 17	19.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	27.2%	12.7%
25 to 34	25.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	7.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	0.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	1.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	0.1%	5.0%
75 and over	0.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Stewart	Midway
White (non-Hispanic)	45.5%	43.8%
Black or African American	21.4%	42.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.7%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Stewart	Midway
No high school diploma	6.1%	5.7%
High school graduate	31.4%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	48.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Stewart	Midway
Drove alone	73.9%	86.2%
Carpooled	10.6%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	8.2%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Stewart	Midway
1-unit, detached	6.7%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	20.8%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	51.8%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	17.3%	13.6%
20 or more units	2.2%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Stewart	Midway
Poverty rate	13.8%	16.9%
Average household size	3.41	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	12	30
Median year structure built	1996	2002