Midway vs Thomasville

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

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

Thomasville has the higher population (27,261 vs 4,826 in Midway). Midway has the higher median household income ($75,208 vs $58,246 in Thomasville). Midway has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $163,200 in Thomasville).

Population, income & housing

	Midway	Thomasville
Population	4,826	27,261
Median age	45.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,208	$58,246
Median home value	$250,000	$163,200
Median gross rent	$649	$853
Housing units	2,054	11,997
Homeownership rate	85.4%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midway	Thomasville
Population	4,840 → 4,826 (-0.3%)	26,784 → 27,261 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$58,034 → $75,208 (+29.6%)	$40,648 → $58,246 (+43.3%)
Median home value	$160,300 → $250,000 (+56.0%)	$116,800 → $163,200 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $649 (+1.6%)	$693 → $853 (+23.1%)

Midway

Population

4,8404,826

Median household income

$58,034$75,208

Median home value

$160,300$250,000

Median gross rent

$639$649

Thomasville

Population

26,78427,261

Median household income

$40,648$58,246

Median home value

$116,800$163,200

Median gross rent

$693$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Midway	Thomasville
Under 5	6.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	11.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	3.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	16.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	16.5%	9.2%
75 and over	5.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midway	Thomasville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	60.0%
Black or African American	13.2%	16.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midway	Thomasville
No high school diploma	8.4%	17.9%
High school graduate	30.2%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midway	Thomasville
Drove alone	73.4%	82.0%
Carpooled	3.5%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.7%	7.9%
Other means	4.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midway	Thomasville
1-unit, detached	89.8%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Midway	Thomasville
Poverty rate	4.6%	18.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1983	1983