City · Wasatch County, Utah

Midway, Utah

Midway is a city in Wasatch County, Utah, part of the Heber, UT metro area. It has 6,171 residents. Midway, Utah has a quality-of-life score of 95 out of 100 (very high), ranking #835 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Utah it ranks #12 of 175 cities and towns. It ranks best on hot days (low), adult smoking (low) and child care cost burden (low). It ranks worst on drought exposure (high), social associations (low) and students per teacher (high).

95Very high

Quality-of-life score: #835 of 15,651 cities and towns
Utah: #12 of 175 in UT
Population: 6,171 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 999.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 4949820

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.

Safety77#3,526/15,637
Economy99#81/15,631
Housing84#2,404/14,977
Health91#1,441/15,609
Healthcare61#6,147/15,650
Environment69#4,727/15,453
Education93#1,149/15,649
Infrastructure91#1,473/15,650
Community72#4,356/15,651
Leisure & amenities53#7,382/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Midway, Utah ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Wasatch 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

Hot days · low0 days
100/100Utah 39 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationWasatch County value
Adult smoking · low6.0%
99/100Utah 10.4%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Child care cost burden · low16.5%
99/100Utah 27.1%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWasatch County value
Loneliness · low26.4%
98/100Utah 33.4%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · low13.5%
98/100Utah 19.2%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Poverty rate · low1.7%
98/100Utah 8.4%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Weaknesses

Drought exposure · high100%
1/100Utah 98%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAWasatch County value
Social associations · low3.0 /10k
1/100Utah 3.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWasatch County value
Students per teacher · high22.1×
3/100Utah 21.6×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsWasatch County value
Pharmacies · low0.5 /10k
4/100Utah 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWasatch County value
Restaurants and bars · low4.4 /10k
6/100Utah 5.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWasatch County value
Home price to income ratio · high5.7×
13/100Utah 5.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Trends

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

PopulationRising
5,035 (2015-2019) → 6,171 (2020-2024)
+23%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
68.9% (2015-2019) → 27.6% (2020-2024)
−41 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
46.3% (2015-2019) → 64.6% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$87,394 (2015-2019) → $157,065 (2020-2024)
+80%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
New homes permittedWorsening
23.8 /1k (2021) → 9.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−61%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent as share of incomeImproving
35.2% (2015-2019) → 25.6% (2020-2024)
−9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Utah improved on 3 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 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

Bachelor's++18 points46.3% → 64.6%
Household income+80%$87,394 → $157,065
Rent / income−9.6 points35.2% → 25.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Midway, Utah between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.5 min2015-2019	29.7 min2020-2024	+6.2 min	Within the margin of error	7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%2015-2019	64.6%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	99%
Broadband subscriptions	94.3%2015-2019	97.7%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Effective property tax rate	0.57%2015-2019	0.50%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	29%
High school diploma or higher	97.9%2015-2019	98.4%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Home price to income ratio	5.1×2015-2019	5.7×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	44%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4202015-2019	0.4402020-2024	+0.020	Within the margin of error	34%
Median household income	$87,3942015-2019	$157,0652020-2024	+80%	Improved	96%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	35.2%2015-2019	25.6%2020-2024	−9.6 points	Improved	93%

“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, Utah five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Midway, Utah 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, Utah itself moved +3.6 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

6,171 residents (±36)

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

2,172 households (±168)

Midway, Utah
Utah share

Under $25k4.1%†90
$25k–50k7.1%†154
$50k–75k10%†

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,172 households (±168)

Midway, Utah
Utah share

Own84%1,819
Rent16%†353

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

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

2,650 workers (±205)

Midway, Utah
Utah share

Drive alone64%1,685
Carpool5.6%†148
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 Heber, UT

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 Wasatch County, the county holding most of Midway's residents.

Wasatch County has 1,345 employer establishments, 361 for every 10,000 residents (1.45× the US rate of 248; 1.30× Utah's), with 10,384 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,360. The Census Bureau also counts 4,858 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,345; 4,858 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 361; US 248 · Utah 277
Paid employees: 10,384
Average annual pay: $54,360; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	151	40.5	2.62×More than typical	636	$51,794	229
Lessors of real estate	104	27.9	2.27×More than typical	246	$56,935	781
Construction of buildings	91	24.4	3.23×More than typical	366	$57,243	161
Management, scientific and technical consulting	85	22.8	3.40×More than typical	392	$100,151	356
Services to buildings and dwellings	75	20.1	2.98×More than typical	249	$45,755	272
Ambulatory health care services	73	19.6	0.94×About typical	410	$52,851	165
Restaurants and other eating places	55	14.8	0.80×About typical	1,177	$21,960	13
Real estate agents and brokers	53	14.2	2.92×More than typical	54	$74,796	125
Building finishing contractors	44	11.8	3.11×More than typical	166	$40,922	62
Architectural, engineering and related services	43	11.5	3.31×More than typical	158	$67,038	45
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	42	11.3	3.58×More than typical	262	$53,954	41
Landscaping services	40	10.7	3.06×More than typical	96	$67,500	69

Rank places for an industry Open Wasatch County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 37,269 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

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Midway, Utah: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

4.8KFY2017
-71.5FY2018
2.2KFY2020
4.4KFY2021
-1.3KFY2022
862.5FY2023
1.7KFY2024

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Midway, Utah, so they do not add up across cities.

Midway, Utah's figures are part of those of Wasatch County, UT ($1.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Wasatch 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, Utah is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mike KennedyR-UT-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.8%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

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

Wasatch County89100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Heber, UT99

Other cities and towns in Wasatch 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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