Photo: Colcholl · Public domainHow is Midway run?
Midway’s city government spent $136,000 on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, about $571 per resident. Water and other utilities ($71,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Midway is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $571 per resident a year, or $1.56 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 57%.
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$571 per resident in 2022, close to the middle of similar cities
Midway’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($571 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 346 Texas cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools: the median was $428, and the middle half spent $184–$752. Midway spent more than 62% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($58,000), as the Census Bureau counts them. Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →
Texas cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Midway itself left out).
No trend yet
Midway reported only 2022 to the Census Bureau, so there is no trend yet.
Who’s in charge in Midway
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 238 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (238).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Madisonville Consolidated Independent School District
Midway’s K–12 school district, shared with Bedias, Madisonville. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $12,019 per pupil, $7,156 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Texas districts overall: 51% local, 36% state, 13% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Midway’s votes are counted by county
Texas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Midway alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Madison County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican81.9%4,498 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat17.6%964 votesOthers: 0.5% (27 votes).
Most votes in Madison County: Donald J Trump
Texas: Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.5%
100% of Midway lies in Madison County. Every 2024 race in Madison County is on the county’s page.
Madison County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Midway.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Texas HouseState representatives
- 3Texas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Texas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
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Questions about Midway’s government
How much does Midway spend per resident?
About $571 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $571 was more than 62% of 346 Texas cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
Who runs Midway’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Midway yet.
How did Midway vote in 2024?
Texas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Midway alone. Madison County, where 100% of Midway lies, voted Trump 81.9%, Harris 17.6% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Midway?
1 full-time and 3 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $10,142 (about $121,704 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Midway in the state legislature?
State Senate District 5 (Charles Schwertner) and State House District 12 (Trey Wharton). The House district also covers 21 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →