Midway is a very small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 3,468 people and just one neighborhood, Midway is the 319th largest community in Florida. Much of the housing stock in Midway was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Midway economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Midway, where the median household income is $58,393.00.
Unlike some cities, Midway isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Midway are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Midway is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Midway who work in office and administrative support (16.74%), sales jobs (11.29%), and management occupations (10.19%).
Of important note, Midway is also a city of artists. Midway has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Midway’s character.
A relatively large number of people in Midway telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.36% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Overall, Midway’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
One downside of living in Midway is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Midway, the average commute to work is 34.40 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The population of Midway overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Midway, 24.25% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Midway in 2022 was $23,289, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,156 for a family of four. However, Midway contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Midway is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Midway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Midway residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Midway include African, Italian, German, French, and Jamaican.
The most common language spoken in Midway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 98.9% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
Of particular note, 8.3% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more African and Sub-Saharan African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 14.9% of this neighborhood's residents have African ancestry and 15.3% have Sub-Saharan African ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Midway are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 34.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 28.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions (19.6%), and 19.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.7%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Midway, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (15.3%). There are also a number of people of African ancestry (14.9%), and residents who report Puerto Rican roots (4.1%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (2.7%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (2.6%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (85.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.