Midway vs Southmont

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

Midway and Southmont 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 1,293 in Southmont). Midway has the higher median household income ($75,208 vs $55,000 in Southmont). Southmont has the higher median home value ($273,300 vs $250,000 in Midway).

Population, income & housing

	Midway	Southmont
Population	4,826	1,293
Median age	45.6 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,208	$55,000
Median home value	$250,000	$273,300
Median gross rent	$649	—
Housing units	2,054	802
Homeownership rate	85.4%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midway	Southmont
Population	4,840 → 4,826 (-0.3%)	1,150 → 1,293 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$58,034 → $75,208 (+29.6%)	$52,386 → $55,000 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$160,300 → $250,000 (+56.0%)	$165,200 → $273,300 (+65.4%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $649 (+1.6%)	—

Midway

Population

4,8404,826

Median household income

$58,034$75,208

Median home value

$160,300$250,000

Median gross rent

$639$649

Southmont

Population

1,1501,293

Median household income

$52,386$55,000

Median home value

$165,200$273,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Midway	Southmont
Under 5	6.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	11.0%	6.8%
18 to 24	3.3%	14.5%
25 to 34	15.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	8.8%
45 to 54	16.8%	5.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	16.5%	10.5%
75 and over	5.8%	19.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midway	Southmont
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	84.6%
Black or African American	13.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	14.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midway	Southmont
No high school diploma	8.4%	8.0%
High school graduate	30.2%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midway	Southmont
Drove alone	73.4%	82.6%
Carpooled	3.5%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	8.2%
Other means	4.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midway	Southmont
1-unit, detached	89.8%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	18.7%

Poverty & households

	Midway	Southmont
Poverty rate	4.6%	21.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	37
Median year structure built	1983	1987