Midway vs Welcome

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

Midway and Welcome 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 3,649 in Welcome). Midway has the higher median household income ($75,208 vs $65,342 in Welcome). Midway has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $171,100 in Welcome).

Population, income & housing

	Midway	Welcome
Population	4,826	3,649
Median age	45.6 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,208	$65,342
Median home value	$250,000	$171,100
Median gross rent	$649	$863
Housing units	2,054	1,458
Homeownership rate	85.4%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midway	Welcome
Population	4,840 → 4,826 (-0.3%)	3,804 → 3,649 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$58,034 → $75,208 (+29.6%)	$50,441 → $65,342 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$160,300 → $250,000 (+56.0%)	$133,700 → $171,100 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $649 (+1.6%)	$641 → $863 (+34.6%)

Midway

Population

4,8404,826

Median household income

$58,034$75,208

Median home value

$160,300$250,000

Median gross rent

$639$649

Welcome

Population

3,8043,649

Median household income

$50,441$65,342

Median home value

$133,700$171,100

Median gross rent

$641$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Midway	Welcome
Under 5	6.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	11.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	3.3%	14.2%
25 to 34	15.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	16.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	16.5%	9.2%
75 and over	5.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midway	Welcome
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	95.3%
Black or African American	13.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
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%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midway	Welcome
No high school diploma	8.4%	8.7%
High school graduate	30.2%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midway	Welcome
Drove alone	73.4%	88.9%
Carpooled	3.5%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	5.1%
Other means	4.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midway	Welcome
1-unit, detached	89.8%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Midway	Welcome
Poverty rate	4.6%	8.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1983	1976