Midway vs Wallburg

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

Midway and Wallburg 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 3,104 in Wallburg). Wallburg has the higher median household income ($78,821 vs $75,208 in Midway). Wallburg has the higher median home value ($292,500 vs $250,000 in Midway).

Population, income & housing

	Midway	Wallburg
Population	4,826	3,104
Median age	45.6 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,208	$78,821
Median home value	$250,000	$292,500
Median gross rent	$649	$1,047
Housing units	2,054	1,282
Homeownership rate	85.4%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midway	Wallburg
Population	4,840 → 4,826 (-0.3%)	3,053 → 3,104 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$58,034 → $75,208 (+29.6%)	$63,555 → $78,821 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$160,300 → $250,000 (+56.0%)	$170,500 → $292,500 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $649 (+1.6%)	$811 → $1,047 (+29.1%)

Midway

Population

4,8404,826

Median household income

$58,034$75,208

Median home value

$160,300$250,000

Median gross rent

$639$649

Wallburg

Population

3,0533,104

Median household income

$63,555$78,821

Median home value

$170,500$292,500

Median gross rent

$811$1,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Midway	Wallburg
Under 5	6.5%	11.3%
5 to 17	11.0%	5.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	3.9%
25 to 34	15.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	16.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	18.0%
65 to 74	16.5%	16.8%
75 and over	5.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midway	Wallburg
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	80.3%
Black or African American	13.2%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midway	Wallburg
No high school diploma	8.4%	2.9%
High school graduate	30.2%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midway	Wallburg
Drove alone	73.4%	89.4%
Carpooled	3.5%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	6.1%
Other means	4.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midway	Wallburg
1-unit, detached	89.8%	90.5%
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%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Midway	Wallburg
Poverty rate	4.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1983	1987