Midway has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
About one in ten work in Midway itself; outside it, Pensacola draws the most (20%, 11 miles). Employers in Midway report 4,187 jobs, against 7,731 working residents. Midway grades B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Midway, in brief
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Midway
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Midway is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #212 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Midway’s grade up ($96,041, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Midway could be anywhere from B− to A−.
What Midway’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Midway, 2013 → 2023: 2,939 → 4,187. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Midway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Midway, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 7,105 residents head out to work, 626 work right here, and 3,561 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Midway on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Midway ends
Where Midway clocks in
20% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The daily trip from Midway: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Midway workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,848 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Midway
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Midway, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Midway is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #509 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,613 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.9% of Midway households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Midway’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Midway ranks: 917th of 1,787 U.S. towns of 15,000 to 29,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 113 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 915 | Jackson MO | 16,033 | $77K | 8.6% | 1.8% | 19% | B+ |
| 916 | Huron Township MI | 16,556 | $93K | 11.7% | 4.8% | 5% | B+ |
| 917 | Midway FL | 21,317 | $96K | 6.9% | 3.4% | 8% | B+ |
| 918 | Muhlenberg Township PA | 22,504 | $88K | 7.6% | 5.8% | 12% | B+ |
| 919 | Oak Grove OR | 16,796 | $86K | 8.4% | 5.3% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,787 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Midway, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
11% of Midway works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Gulf Breeze (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Midway workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | – | B+ | C+ | 30 min | $96,041 |
| Woodlawn Beach | under 2% | B+ | C− | 33 min | $123,355 |
| Oriole Beach | under 2% | A− | C+ | 30 min | $88,154 |
| Tiger Point | 2% | B+ | B+ | 30 min | $118,967 |
| Navarre | 4% | B | C | 31 min | $105,265 |
| Gulf Breeze | 5% | B | B | 24 min | $104,050 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Midway’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Midway: questions
What is the median household income in Midway?
$96,041 (±$5,360) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Midway?
6.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Midway?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Midway work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (20%, 11 mi), Gulf Breeze (5%, 10 mi), Milton (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Midway walkable?
Midway is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Midway without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Midway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Midway
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.