Midway City is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 8,825 people and just one neighborhood, Midway City is the 431st largest community in California.
Housing costs in Midway City are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.
Midway City is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Midway City is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Midway City who work in food service (11.57%), office and administrative support (8.66%), and management occupations (8.63%).
Also of interest is that Midway City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Midway City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.89% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Being a small town, Midway City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Midway City is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.41% of adults 25 and older in Midway City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Midway City in 2022 was $29,334, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $117,336 for a family of four. However, Midway City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Midway City is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Midway City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Midway City residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Midway City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 36.07% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Midway City include Irish, English, German, Italian, and French.
In addition, Midway City has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (48.94%).
The most common language spoken in Midway City is Vietnamese. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and English.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 39.6% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 98.0% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Asian and Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 53.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Asian ancestry and 2.1% have Native American ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 40.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Vietnamese at home. This is a higher percentage than 100.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Do you like to be surrounded by people from all over the country or world, with different perspectives and life experiences? Or do you instead prefer to be in a neighborhood where most residents have lived there for a long time, creating a sense of cohesiveness? NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood stands out among American neighborhoods for the uniqueness of the mobility of its residents. What is interesting to note, is that the neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (50.0%) than are found in 97.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Midway City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 31.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 30.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.2%), and 14.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Vietnamese, spoken by 40.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Spanish.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Midway City, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (53.4%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (25.1%), and residents who report English roots (2.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.1%), along with some Native American ancestry residents (2.1%), among others. In addition, 50.0% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (56.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (69.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (17.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.