Best PlacesMidway Park, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Midway Park, 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 Park ranks 27,277th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Midway Park
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 Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Midway Park ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 78% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 78% of towns
Where Midway Park ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 16% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 21% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Midway Park
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Midway Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,604, 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 Park's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 7 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 Park
Midway Park runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Midway Park.
Who works in Midway Park, and how
Work in Midway Park centers on hospitality & food and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Midway Park
Midway Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of towns. The coast is about 26 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Midway Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Midway Park, month by month
Midway Park sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 46° | 34° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 51° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Midway Park
The nearest airport, Albert J Ellis, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 115 miles away.
The best schools in and around Midway Park
Schools across Midway Park average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sand Ridge ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Silverdale ElementaryA− · 59% proficient
- Queens Creek ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Swansboro MiddleA · 63% proficient
- Hunters Creek MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Swansboro HighA · 69% proficient
- White Oak HighB+ · 56% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Midway Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Midway Park 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 Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Midway Park
Is Midway Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Midway Park ranks 27,277th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, population health, and fast internet, and lowest on disaster risk and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Midway Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,474. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $68,604 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Midway Park safe?
Midway Park is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $373 per resident a year.
Compare Midway Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Midway Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Midway Park 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 Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Midway Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Midway Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Midway Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Midway Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Midway Park 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
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