Midway vs Mount Sterling

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

Midway and Mount Sterling are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Sterling has the higher population (1,740 vs 223 in Midway). Midway has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $64,844 in Mount Sterling). Mount Sterling has the higher median home value ($159,100 vs $123,200 in Midway).

Population, income & housing

	Midway	Mount Sterling
Population	223	1,740
Median age	34.9 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,875	$64,844
Median home value	$123,200	$159,100
Median gross rent	$1,100	$882
Housing units	81	824
Homeownership rate	67.9%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midway	Mount Sterling
Population	382 → 223 (-41.6%)	2,030 → 1,740 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$64,375 → $66,875 (+3.9%)	$44,591 → $64,844 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$90,500 → $123,200 (+36.1%)	$116,300 → $159,100 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$862 → $1,100 (+27.6%)	$741 → $882 (+19.0%)

Midway

Population

382223

Median household income

$64,375$66,875

Median home value

$90,500$123,200

Median gross rent

$862$1,100

Mount Sterling

Population

2,0301,740

Median household income

$44,591$64,844

Median home value

$116,300$159,100

Median gross rent

$741$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Midway	Mount Sterling
Under 5	6.7%	1.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	20.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	13.5%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	8.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	14.5%
75 and over	7.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midway	Mount Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midway	Mount Sterling
No high school diploma	12.8%	10.8%
High school graduate	56.7%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midway	Mount Sterling
Drove alone	87.0%	84.3%
Carpooled	2.0%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midway	Mount Sterling
1-unit, detached	88.9%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Midway	Mount Sterling
Poverty rate	16.6%	13.2%
Average household size	2.75	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1938	1964