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SheetFL-MIDWAY-CDP-SEMINOLE-COUNTY-FL · Midway CDP (Seminole County), FL 1,558 pop · income 33rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Midway CDP (Seminole County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Midway CDP (Seminole County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Greenville · lowest
58,036
Greenville · lowest
58,036 median HH income
29.9% of the leader · rank #1
Covington · near
58,814
Covington · near
58,814 median HH income
30.3% of the leader · rank #2
Atwood · near
58,816
Atwood · near
58,816 median HH income
30.3% of the leader · rank #3
Midway CDP (S… · this city
58,821
Midway CDP (S… · this city
58,821 median HH income
30.3% of the leader · rank #4
Lehigh · near
58,824
Lehigh · near
58,824 median HH income
30.3% of the leader · rank #5
Drexel · near
58,824
Drexel · near
58,824 median HH income
30.3% of the leader · rank #6
Del Rio · highest
194,083
Del Rio · highest
194,083 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Midway CDP (Seminole County) on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,558.
Nationally, Midway CDP (Seminole County) sits in the 33rd percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
33rd
percentile, household income
57th
percentile, home value
73rd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Midway CDP (Seminole County), FL
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 1,558 residents in Midway CDP (Seminole County), a small town within Florida. Households in Midway CDP (Seminole County) report a median income of $58,821 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 11.4%. Typical homes in Midway CDP (Seminole County) are valued around $257,300, and the median resident age is 38.7 years. About 12.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 60.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Florida scores 103.4 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,526 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Florida run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 out of 100 (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Midway CDP (Seminole County)'s data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Midway CDP (Seminole County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Midway CDP (Seminole County)?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 61.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Midway CDP (Seminole County)?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Black Diamond (1,549 residents, $111,142 income); Greenville (1,549 residents, $58,036 income); Keystone Heights (1,539 residents, $77,938 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Elk Rapids, MI (1,558 residents); Freeman, SD (1,558 residents); Stewartville, AL (1,557 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
How far does income reach against housing in Midway CDP (Seminole County)?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 11.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Below median income · poverty 11.4% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Midway CDP (Seminole County), FL
28/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate F
11.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$58,821
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
12.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
How does Midway CDP (Seminole County) compare to other US cities?
Where Midway CDP (Seminole County) sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income33% higher than other cities
Home value57% pricier than other cities
Median rent73% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Midway CDP (Seminole County) against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Florida only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Florida-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Midway CDP (Seminole County) near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Midway CDP (Seminole County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Midway CDP (Seminole County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#617 of 903
32nd percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#543 of 894
39th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#303 of 930
67th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#774 of 930
17th percentile in Florida
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Florida only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
33rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Midway CDP (Seminole County)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$257,30043rd percentilemore affordable than 43% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,702 of 15,516
More affordable than 25% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,001 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.4×, Midway CDP (Seminole County) sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,702 of 15,516 and #9,001 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$58,821Midway CDP (Seminole County), FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Midway CDP (Seminole County), FL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Midway CDP (Seminole County), FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)12.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)11.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)60.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,558
Median Income
$58,821
Median Home Value
$257,300
Median Age
38.7
Poverty Rate
11.4%
Labor force participation
60.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
12.8%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
61.2%
Carpool
24.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
12.8%
Other
1.5%
Based on 776 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Florida statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Florida at $225 (electricity about $145 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Florida statewide averages, not a meter reading for Midway CDP (Seminole County). Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Florida's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Midway CDP (Seminole County) is $1,526/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Florida statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Florida statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Midway CDP (Seminole County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Midway CDP (Seminole County) compares to similar-size Florida cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.