Laboratory vs Midway

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

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

Laboratory has the higher population (993 vs 837 in Midway). Laboratory has the higher median household income ($94,145 vs $52,778 in Midway). Laboratory has the higher median home value ($214,600 vs $121,000 in Midway).

Population, income & housing

	Laboratory	Midway
Population	993	837
Median age	37.2 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$94,145	$52,778
Median home value	$214,600	$121,000
Median gross rent	—	$758
Housing units	319	539
Homeownership rate	75.5%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laboratory	Midway
Population	—	867 → 837 (-3.5%)
Median household income	—	$58,750 → $52,778 (-10.2%)
Median home value	—	$112,500 → $121,000 (+7.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$688 → $758 (+10.2%)

Laboratory

Midway

Population

867837

Median household income

$58,750$52,778

Median home value

$112,500$121,000

Median gross rent

$688$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laboratory	Midway
Under 5	13.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	10.4%
18 to 24	11.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	16.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	24.9%
75 and over	6.7%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laboratory	Midway
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laboratory	Midway
No high school diploma	10.4%	4.8%
High school graduate	41.6%	56.0%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laboratory	Midway
Drove alone	89.2%	85.6%
Carpooled	10.8%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laboratory	Midway
1-unit, detached	80.6%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	19.4%	34.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Laboratory	Midway
Poverty rate	15.3%	9.0%
Average household size	3.11	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1953	1967