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Midway, North Carolina.

A town in Davidson County. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Davidson County’s.

Living in Midway, Davidson County, North Carolina

Midway is a town of 4,742 people in Davidson County. Half its households earn more than $83,446 a year and half less, against $64,172 across Davidson County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 90% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 10% are rented. Unemployment in Davidson County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Davidson County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 4,742 in the 2020 census
Household income $83,446 the median, give or take $17,198 · Davidson County: $64,172
Unemployment 3.6% Davidson County, August 2026; 4.2% a year before
Homes 90% lived in by their owners; 10% rented
  • 2,010households
  • 22%of adults have a degree
  • 5%below the poverty line
  • 21 mintypical commute
  • 19%work from home

What people in Davidson County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Manufacturing18%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities8%
  • Building trades8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Davidson County had 46,241 jobs in 2025, 0.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 52° and 28°; warmest in July, 89° and 67° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 52° 28° F M A M J J 89° 67° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 52° and 28°; warmest in July, 89° and 67° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 52° 28° F M A M J J 89° 67° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 52° and lows near 28°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 67°. About 3 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lexington weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Davidson County

  1. Davidson County SchoolsSchool district2,125FTE
  2. Davidson County GovernmentPublic property management services, government1,549
  3. Davidson-Davie Community CollegeTwo-year college794
  4. Mohawk IndustriesEngineered wood784
  5. ASCO Power TechnologiesSheet metal work manufacturing754
  6. Thomasville Medical CenterGeneral hospital693FTE
  7. Atrium Windows & DoorWindow sashes, vinyl, manufacturing647
  8. Lexington Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital562FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 103 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 14,751 people in all across the county; Midway has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Ice stormsRelatively high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively high
  3. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  4. Strong windRelatively moderate
  5. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  6. HailRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Midway’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Davidson County.