Midway Park is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 7,840 people and just one neighborhood, Midway Park is the 123rd largest community in North Carolina.
Unlike some towns, Midway Park isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Midway Park are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Midway Park is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Midway Park who work in sales jobs (17.73%), computer science and math (10.22%), and office and administrative support (9.55%).
There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Midway Park, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.
Also of interest is that Midway Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Midway Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.28% 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.
Midway Park is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Midway Park 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 Park, 23.55% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Midway Park in 2022 was $26,599, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,396 for a family of four. However, Midway Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Midway Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Midway Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Midway Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Midway Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.42% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Midway Park include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Scandinavian.
The most common language spoken in Midway Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
With 5.2% of employed workers living in the neighborhood active in the military, this neighborhood has the distinction of having a higher proportion of people in the military than 98.8% of American neighborhoods. This is a major shaper of the neighborhood's culture and character.
Furthermore, the neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 96.5% 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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss 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 Park are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 23.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 73.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 30.4% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (29.2%), and 14.2% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 85.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (11.5%).
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 Park, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (12.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.0%), and residents who report English roots (11.4%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (9.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (7.1%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (61.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.1%) 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 (13.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.