Denton vs Midway

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

Denton and Midway are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Midway has the higher population (4,826 vs 1,271 in Denton). Midway has the higher median household income ($75,208 vs $46,061 in Denton). Midway has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $160,400 in Denton).

Population, income & housing

	Denton	Midway
Population	1,271	4,826
Median age	42.5 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,061	$75,208
Median home value	$160,400	$250,000
Median gross rent	$731	$649
Housing units	718	2,054
Homeownership rate	62.5%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denton	Midway
Population	1,660 → 1,271 (-23.4%)	4,840 → 4,826 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$34,931 → $46,061 (+31.9%)	$58,034 → $75,208 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $160,400 (+67.8%)	$160,300 → $250,000 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $731 (+16.8%)	$639 → $649 (+1.6%)

Denton

Population

1,6601,271

Median household income

$34,931$46,061

Median home value

$95,600$160,400

Median gross rent

$626$731

Midway

Population

4,8404,826

Median household income

$58,034$75,208

Median home value

$160,300$250,000

Median gross rent

$639$649

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denton	Midway
Under 5	3.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.6%	11.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	3.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	16.8%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	16.5%
75 and over	7.9%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denton	Midway
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denton	Midway
No high school diploma	19.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	39.0%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denton	Midway
Drove alone	80.9%	73.4%
Carpooled	12.4%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denton	Midway
1-unit, detached	77.2%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Denton	Midway
Poverty rate	15.1%	4.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1972	1983