North Carolina · Census place 3742860
Midway, North Carolina
Midway is a town in Davidson County, North Carolina with an estimated 5,053 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 145th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,053
- #145 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +6.3%
- +299 people
- Land area
- 7.8 sq mi
- Density
- 648 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Midway population, 2020 to 2024
Midway added 299 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.3%. In the latest year it moved by +99. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 60th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Midway is 35% of it.
Midway covers 7.80 square miles of land, for 648 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Midway is less dense than the typical town.
What county Midway is in
All of Midway's residents live in Davidson County, which had 177,809 residents in 2024. Midway holds 2.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Midway
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Midway by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27107, 27127. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Midway is
The Census internal point of Midway is at 35.975100, -80.220400. Raleigh, the capital, is 89.6 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Winston-Salem, NC (255,769 people), 9.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.975100, -80.220400
- DMS
- 35°58'30.36"N 80°13'13.44"W
- UTM
- 17N 570286.3E 3981467.6N
- Geohash
- dnquwt161
- Plus code
- 867XXQGH+2R
Daylight in Midway
At 35.98° N, Midway gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Midway
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Wallburg, 4.0 miles away, with 3,255 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Midway, NC?
5,053 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 299 (6.3%) from 4,754 in July 2020.
What county is Midway in?
Davidson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Midway?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 27107, 27127.
How far is Midway from Raleigh?
89.6 miles (144.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Midway.
What is the nearest larger city to Midway?
Winston-Salem, NC, with 255,769 residents, 9.1 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.