Lexington vs Midway

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

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

Lexington has the higher population (19,691 vs 4,826 in Midway). Midway has the higher median household income ($75,208 vs $41,775 in Lexington). Midway has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $158,100 in Lexington).

Population, income & housing

	Lexington	Midway
Population	19,691	4,826
Median age	35.9 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,775	$75,208
Median home value	$158,100	$250,000
Median gross rent	$882	$649
Housing units	8,973	2,054
Homeownership rate	41.2%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexington	Midway
Population	18,861 → 19,691 (+4.4%)	4,840 → 4,826 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$29,938 → $41,775 (+39.5%)	$58,034 → $75,208 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$104,200 → $158,100 (+51.7%)	$160,300 → $250,000 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $882 (+25.3%)	$639 → $649 (+1.6%)

Lexington

Population

18,86119,691

Median household income

$29,938$41,775

Median home value

$104,200$158,100

Median gross rent

$704$882

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)

	Lexington	Midway
Under 5	6.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	11.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	3.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	16.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	16.5%
75 and over	5.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexington	Midway
White (non-Hispanic)	43.1%	81.5%
Black or African American	26.0%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lexington	Midway
No high school diploma	19.8%	8.4%
High school graduate	32.0%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexington	Midway
Drove alone	72.4%	73.4%
Carpooled	15.9%	3.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	17.7%
Other means	0.6%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lexington	Midway
1-unit, detached	69.3%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Lexington	Midway
Poverty rate	25.4%	4.6%
Average household size	2.50	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1970	1983