MidwayAR
This town of 1,279 people was settled in 1948.
Is Midway a good place to live?
Midway’s best subject grade is an A− for schools; its weakest is a D− for incomes. 31% of residents live below the poverty line in Midway, against 18% in Arkansas’ towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. On cost of living, just 15 of Arkansas’ 201 towns do worse. Residents are less healthy than 89% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Midway has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,279 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Midway grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arkansas), ordered by how far Midway is from typical.
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Moving to Midway: who provides what
Midway is unincorporated, so Baxter County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Midway.
Midway earns a D for health
For adults in Midway, the share who feel lonely is 32%. Of 32 CDC measures, Midway beats the Arkansas average on 3 and trails it on 9. Among adults in the town, 19% report frequent physical distress and 12% binge drink.
| Midway | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 41% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Midway | AR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.7% | 14.4% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.2% | 76.9% |
| More adults with heart disease | 11.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
High risk in Midway, with inland flooding at the top
In Midway, the risk rating from FEMA is 77 of 100. 43% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 16%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In Midway, the median household income runs lower than in the typical Arkansas or U.S. town
Half the trips to work are shorter than 7 miles. Jobs based in Midway grew to 408 in 2023, 113 more than in 2013. Its typical journey to work comes in at 15 minutes. For most workers, Midway is a place to come home to: only 2% work in town.
| Midway | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 15 minutes | 21 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 22% | 8% |
| Median household income | $31,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical home in Midway: about $217K
Just over three quarters of households own their home in Midway. The midpoint rent for Midway comes to $1,035 a month.
| Midway | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 76% | 60% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,035 a month | $878 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Midway
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Midway
About 0 of every 100 Midway residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Arkansas.
About Midway
Census-designated place in Arkansas, United States
Midway is a census-designated place in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. Midway is 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northwest of Mountain Home. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,036. Midway has a post office with ZIP code 72651. Long home to a rural trading post, Midway became a boomtown during the construction of the Bull Shoals Dam, and later evolved to serve tourists and retirees attracted to the lake.
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- Area
- 5.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 889 ft
- ZIP code
- 72651
- Area code
- 870
Questions about Midway
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Midway, AR expensive?
That is 4.5 years of the area's median household income ($48,452 across the Mountain Home, AR area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.