Midway vs Roswell

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

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

Roswell has the higher population (47,823 vs 571 in Midway). Roswell has the higher median household income ($50,294 vs $37,955 in Midway). Midway has the higher median home value ($176,400 vs $139,200 in Roswell).

Population, income & housing

	Midway	Roswell
Population	571	47,823
Median age	54.2 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,955	$50,294
Median home value	$176,400	$139,200
Median gross rent	—	$840
Housing units	373	20,089
Homeownership rate	59.4%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midway	Roswell
Population	861 → 571 (-33.7%)	47,941 → 47,823 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$31,495 → $37,955 (+20.5%)	$43,372 → $50,294 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $176,400 (+166.1%)	$105,100 → $139,200 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$778 → $840 (+8.0%)

Midway

Population

861571

Median household income

$31,495$37,955

Median home value

$66,300$176,400

Roswell

Population

47,94147,823

Median household income

$43,372$50,294

Median home value

$105,100$139,200

Median gross rent

$778$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Midway	Roswell
Under 5	2.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	4.6%	18.8%
18 to 24	0.5%	10.3%
25 to 34	4.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	21.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	22.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	20.5%	9.2%
75 and over	12.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midway	Roswell
White (non-Hispanic)	37.3%	33.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	62.7%	61.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midway	Roswell
No high school diploma	12.9%	19.0%
High school graduate	36.6%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	43.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midway	Roswell
Drove alone	100.0%	83.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midway	Roswell
1-unit, detached	56.8%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	43.2%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Midway	Roswell
Poverty rate	18.2%	24.2%
Average household size	1.98	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1978	1968