Best PlacesMidway, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Midway, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Midway ranks 35,542nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Midway
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Midway's strengths and weaknesses
Where Midway ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
- Cheap childcare$645 a month, better than 74% of towns
Where Midway ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Midway
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Midway home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,719, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Midway's effective rate of 0.89%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Midway
Midway's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Midway.
Who works in Midway, and how
Work in Midway centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Midway
Midway has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Midway and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Midway, month by month
Midway sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 51° | 39° |
| April | 81° | 67° | 53° |
| July | 94° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Midway
The nearest airport, Savannah/Hilton Head International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 92 miles away.
The best schools in and around Midway
Schools across Midway average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mcallister Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Frances Meeks Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Richmond Hill Elementary SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Richmond Hill Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Midway Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Mcintosh County Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Richmond Hill High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Liberty County High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Long County High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Midway school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Midway measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Midway against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Midway
Is Midway a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Midway ranks 35,542nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, tree cover, and state finances, and lowest on disaster risk and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Midway expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $245,569. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $77,719 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Midway safe?
Midway is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $276 per resident a year.
Compare Midway with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Midway. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Midway represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Midway detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Midway: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Midway: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Midway: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Midway: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Midway detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.