City safety & data profile

MidlandTX

Midland, TX is a 133K-resident city in Midland County with a median household income of $89,585.

Midland County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Midland, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Midland has a population larger than 95% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $319,200, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

133K
Population (place)
Top 5%
By size
$89,585
Median income (place)
$319,200
Median home (place)
12.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Midland

Midland posts a median household income higher than 60% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Midland area.

Top 40%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Midland

Where Midland income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$89,585 Top 40% higher than 60% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Midland $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TX

Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Midland, TX beyond the headline numbers

Midland sits inside Midland County, Texas, at roughly 32.00°N, -102.08°W. Population 132,524, $89,585 median household income. Median home value $319,200, median rent $1,434. Poverty rate 12.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Midland, 1/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Midland, TX stands at 12.4%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Midland costs roughly 3.6 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 6.2% of Midland workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 19.6% in Midland, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Midland's median age is 31.5 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Midland from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
132,524
Midland · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$89,585
Near average
Median Home Value (place)
$319,200
-23% vs avg
Median Age (place)
31.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Midland County): Midland's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
175K+23%
Median Income
$92,874+47%
Median Home Value
$312,700+110%
Poverty Rate
11.3%+9%
Unemployment
3.3%-23%

Economics

Economics indicators for Midland, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,434/mo
Poverty Rate
12.4%
Unemployment 3.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 33.7%
Work From Home 6.2%
Public Transit 0.3%

Population

White 54.6%
African American 8.5%
Asian 2.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
40.5%
Obesity
36%
High Blood Pressure
31.4%
Physical Inactivity
27.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
19.6%
Binge Drinking
18.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.9%
Current Smoking
12.5%
Diabetes
11.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55.5%
Annual Checkup 72.2%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
5%
Stroke
2.8%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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1
Average Rating
1/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
MIDLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
MIDLAND · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★☆☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Midland?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Midland right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TX-MIDLAND-TX · Midland

Midland: 316 tagged alerts; lead category Environment Agency flood warning.

  • VOL-HEAVY 316 on record
  • MIX-LED 98% uk-floods
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Midland

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 316 tagged notices on record for Midland.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ280)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Midland; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (316 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Midland, TX? ▼
Midland, TX has a population of 132,524 people, located in Midland County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Midland? ▼
The median household income in Midland, TX is $89,585 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 12.4%.
What is the median home value in Midland? ▼
The median home value in Midland, TX is $319,200. Median rent is $1,434/month.
What are the top health concerns in Midland? ▼
The top health indicators in Midland include Short Sleep Duration (40.5%), Obesity (36%), High Blood Pressure (31.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Midland? ▼
Midland has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 1/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Midland? ▼
The median age in Midland, TX is 31.5 years. 33.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Midland, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (12.4% here).

Anaheim, CA 12.4% Tacoma, WA 12.4% Ontario, CA 12.4% Lodi, CA 12.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($89,585 here).

Rancho Cordova, CA $89,585 Jenison, MI $89,593 Rio Rancho, NM $89,596 Central, LA $89,554

Compare Midland with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Odessa, TX 114K West Odessa, TX 23K Andrews, TX 14K Big Spring, TX 29K Hobbs, NM 38K Snyder, TX 12K Lovington, NM 12K Lubbock, TX 249K
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Using Midland's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Midland area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Midland against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Midland County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.