Census-designated place · Orange County, California

Midway City, California

Midway City is a census-designated place in Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area. It has 7,999 residents. Midway City, California has a quality-of-life score of 44 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,805 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within California it ranks #478 of 1,062 cities and towns. It ranks best on comfortable days (high), dentists (high) and distance to an Amtrak station (low). It ranks worst on home price to income ratio (high), students per teacher (high) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high).

44Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,805 of 15,651 cities and towns
California: #478 of 1,062 in CA
Population: 7,999 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 13,124.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 0647430

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety70#4,718/15,637
Economy38#9,769/15,631
Housing3#14,483/14,977
Health76#3,774/15,609
Healthcare83#2,617/15,650
Environment4#14,865/15,453
Education17#12,957/15,649
Infrastructure58#6,628/15,650
Community42#9,084/15,651
Leisure & amenities87#2,041/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Midway City, California ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Orange County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Comfortable days · high62.4%
100/100California 34.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationOrange County value
Dentists · high127 /100k
98/100California 95 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOrange County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · low5 mi
97/100California 10 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauOrange County value
Access to exercise opportunities · high99.1%
97/100California 94.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOrange County value
Adult obesity · low23.7%
96/100California 30.4%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Public EV charging ports · high19.1 /10k
94/100California 17.4 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyOrange County value

Weaknesses

Home price to income ratio · high11.8×
1/100California 7.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Students per teacher · high22.8×
1/100California 21.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsOrange County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high10.1 µg/m³
2/100California 9.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOrange County value
High ozone days · high17 days
3/100California 38 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOrange County value
Loneliness · high39.3%
4/100California 37.8%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
High school diploma or higher · low70.0%
4/100California 84.7%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateImproving
51.8% (2015-2019) → 21.9% (2020-2024)
−30 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$40,059 (2015-2019) → $66,635 (2020-2024)
+66%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateImproving
29.6% (2015-2019) → 18.0% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.3% (2015-2019) → 89.3% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
4.0% (2015-2019) → 9.5% (2020-2024)
+5.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Unemployment rateImproving
10.4% (2015-2019) → 6.0% (2020-2024)
−4.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Midway City, California improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Child poverty−30 points51.8% → 21.9%
Poverty−12 points29.6% → 18.0%
Household income+66%$40,059 → $66,635

Declined1

Uninsured+5.5 points4.0% → 9.5%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Midway City, California between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.7 min2015-2019	22.6 min2020-2024	−2.1 min	Within the margin of error	72%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%2015-2019	19.4%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Broadband subscriptions	79.3%2015-2019	89.3%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Child poverty rate	51.8%2015-2019	21.9%2020-2024	−30 points	Improved	98%
Effective property tax rate	0.74%2015-2019	0.62%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	40%
High school diploma or higher	68.9%2015-2019	70.0%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Home price to income ratio	14.3×2015-2019	11.8×2020-2024	−2.5×	Within the margin of error	100%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5662015-2019	0.5002020-2024	−0.066	Within the margin of error	89%
Median household income	$40,0592015-2019	$66,6352020-2024	+66%	Improved	93%
Poverty rate	29.6%2015-2019	18.0%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	95%
Rent as share of income	34.9%2015-2019	34.4%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Rent-burdened households	67.5%2015-2019	67.5%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Unemployment rate	10.4%2015-2019	6.0%2020-2024	−4.4 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.0%2015-2019	9.5%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Declined	9%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Midway City, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Midway City, California in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Midway City, California itself moved +4.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

7,999 residents (±1,252)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,615 households (±329)

Midway City, California
California share

Under $25k29%†753
$25k–50k13%†336
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,615 households (±329)

Midway City, California
California share

Own28%722
Rent72%1,893

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,498 workers (±704)

Midway City, California
California share

Drive alone71%2,472
Carpool19%†649
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Orange County, the county holding most of Midway City's residents.

Orange County has 106,961 employer establishments, 340 for every 10,000 residents (1.37× the US rate of 248; 1.29× California's), with 1,580,778 paid employees at an average annual pay of $75,083. The Census Bureau also counts 334,683 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 106,961; 334,683 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 340; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 1,580,778
Average annual pay: $75,083; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Orange County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	11,839	37.6	1.80×More than typical	100,035	$71,640	16,094
Restaurants and other eating places	7,707	24.5	1.33×More than typical	144,694	$28,059	1,233
Lessors of real estate	7,200	22.9	1.86×More than typical	39,830	$87,081	41,207
Management, scientific and technical consulting	5,500	17.5	2.60×More than typical	23,977	$90,330	17,159
Specialty trade contractors	4,824	15.3	0.99×About typical	71,672	$81,573	11,063
Offices of physicians	4,197	13.3	2.06×More than typical	27,911	$99,547	3,089
Limited-service restaurants	3,354	10.6	1.33×More than typical	58,754	$25,179	454
Legal services	3,050	9.7	1.80×More than typical	18,899	$115,288	4,482
Offices of other health practitioners	2,980	9.5	1.56×More than typical	17,648	$46,141	6,950
Full-service restaurants	2,919	9.3	1.21×About typical	67,911	$31,852	487
Offices of dentists	2,876	9.1	2.27×More than typical	15,947	$52,099	1,093
Real estate agents and brokers	2,860	9.1	1.87×More than typical	6,845	$87,124	10,561

Rank places for an industry Open Orange County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 3,149,341 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Midway City is mostly in Orange County.

See federal money in Orange County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Midway City, California is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Orange County73100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA56

Other cities and towns in Orange County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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