Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupMidway CityCaliforniaUnited States
Vietnamese13.5%1.7%0.6%
Chinese6.6%3.9%1.3%
Korean6.2%1.2%0.4%
Filipino5.1%3.3%0.9%
Asian Indian3.8%2.3%1.4%
Japanese1.9%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese0.9%0.3%—
Pakistani0.6%——
Mexican29.9%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran1.2%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.7%1.3%0.5%
Spanish0.5%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.4%0.6%1.8%
Colombian0.4%0.3%0.4%
Spaniard0.4%0.3%—
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
German3.4%6.8%12.5%
English3.3%6.3%9.5%
Irish2.7%5.9%9.4%
American2.0%2.8%5.3%
Italian1.6%3.4%4.8%
French0.6%1.3%1.6%
Polish0.6%0.9%2.2%
Scottish0.6%0.9%1.3%
African American†0.9%4.4%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Midway City
California
United States
Median age
42.5
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
7.7%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.4%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Midway City
California
United States
Median household income
$66,635
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.0%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.4%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Midway City
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
73.6%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
30.1%
28.4%
13.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.6%
3.5%
1.1%
Vietnamese
37.5%
1.5%
0.5%
Arabic
1.7%
0.6%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Midway City
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Midway City, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−30.1%
2008
−12.7%
2012
+4.9%
2016
+23.1%
2020
−9.8%
2024
−10.5%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
43.7%Harris1,314
54.2%Trump1,631
2.1%
R+10.5
R+0.7
R+9.1
3,008
R
44.2%Biden1,468
54.0%Trump1,793
1.7%
R+9.8
R+32.9
R+14.2
3,318
D
58.8%Clinton1,358
35.7%Trump824
5.5%
D+23.1
D+18.2
D+21.0
2,310
D
51.2%Obama1,221
46.3%Romney1,104
2.5%
D+4.9
D+17.6
D+1.1
2,384
R
43.5%Obama1,111
56.2%McCain1,434
0.3%
R+12.7
D+17.4
R+19.9
2,552
R
34.3%Kerry853
64.3%Bush1,602
1.4%
R+30.1
—
R+27.6
2,490
Midway City's Vietnamese-American community — among the highest concentrations in the county — drives unusually high naturalization and registration activity relative to its sub-8,000 population, making it a closely watched micro-precinct in countywide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 23.1 points in 2016 and a Republican high of 30.1 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.5 points.
A population of 7,999, a 16% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,635 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Westminster and Stanton.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Midway City, California voted Republican by 10.5 points (R+10.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,008 votes cast, 1,314 went Democratic and 1,631 went Republican.
When did Midway City, California last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Midway City, California voted Democratic was 2016.
How many people live in Midway City, California?
Midway City, California has a population of 7,999 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Midway City, California?
Median household income in Midway City, California is $66,635 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Midway City, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Midway City, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 4 went Republican.
