Midway North has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Jobs and income earn Midway North C; getting around on foot earns it B−. Midway North has 109 jobs, against 1,652 working residents. Household incomes here are lower than in 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Midway North stands out on work
Midway North is a place people come home to
There are 109 jobs based in Midway North, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Midway North has about 2,100 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of Midway North workers earn over $40,000 a year
40% of Midway North’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 20% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The four measures behind Midway North’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Midway North is better than 27% of U.S. towns, #447 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Midway North’s grade up (ahead of 79% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.6%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Midway North could be anywhere from D to A.
In and out of Midway North on a workday
On a workday 1,651 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Midway North on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
Goods, not services: 59% of the jobs in Midway North
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Midway North, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 109. 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 North’s own residents hold wherever they work.
21% of working residents work in Weslaco
Where Midway North clocks in
21% of workers
12% of workers
8% 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.
Midway North’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Midway North workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,388 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 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 Midway North’s workers travel
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 North, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Midway North is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #332 of 642 in Texas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,582 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). 0.0% of Midway North households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Midway North’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,474 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,900, Midway North comes 3,321st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 5 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,319 | Fox Farm-College WY | 4,019 | $49K | 15.6% | 4.4% | 5% | C |
| 3,320 | Andrews SC | 2,522 | $57K | 27.2% | 1.3% | 3% | C |
| 3,321 | Midway North TX | 3,594 | $58K | 19.6% | 6.8% | <1% | C |
| 3,322 | Wild Peach Village TX | 2,502 | $67K | 14.5% | 6.9% | 1% | C |
| 3,323 | Surfside Beach SC | 4,392 | $70K | 16.8% | 8.6% | 11% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,474 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 North, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Midway North and its neighbors: 21% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Midway North workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midway North | – | C | B− | 29 min | $58,184 |
| Weslaco | 21% | C− | B | 24 min | $59,551 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Weslaco. Darker towns draw more of Midway North’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 North: questions
What is the median household income in Midway North?
$58,184 (±$11,338) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Midway North?
19.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Midway North?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Midway North work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Weslaco (21%, 3 mi), McAllen (12%, 14 mi), Edinburg (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Midway North walkable?
Midway North is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Midway North without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Midway North, from the people who make the trip.
More of Midway North
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.