Midway is a

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that is located in

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, United States. The population was 921 at the time of the 2020 census.

History

The community gained its name from being the midpoint, or "mid-way" stop along the railroad between

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, Pennsylvania and

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Geography

Midway is located at (40.368154, -80.292409). According to the

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, the borough has a total area of , all land.

Surrounding neighborhoods

Midway has two borders: with the townships of

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to the north, east and west, and

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to the south.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 982 people, 411 households, and 295 families living in the borough. The

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was . There were 431 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 98.88%

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, 0.51%

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, 0.20%

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, and 0.41% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.61% of the population. There were 411 households, out of which 28.0% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 56.0% were married couples living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.4% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.85. Within the borough, the population was spread out, with 20.5% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 7.3% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 28.0% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 26.6% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 17.6% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-one years. For every one hundred females, there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 88.6 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $36,078, and the median income for a family was $41,458. Males had a median income of $33,958 compared with that of $22,404 for females. The

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for the borough was $17,783. Approximately 5.5% of families and 8.1% of the population were living below the

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, including 13.4% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 7.2% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

Notable people

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, former

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, former NFL football player and Player Personnel Director of the Pittsburgh Steelers and NY Jets. * Grace Stoeckle, internet pioneer and former Director of Content at

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References

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