Work & commute · Midway

Work & commute in Midway, CA

Most working residents leave Midway for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Westminster (8%), Santa Ana (7%) and Irvine (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 3,547 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,495 Midway residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 574 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Midway.

3,495live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

574work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Midway goes to work

Westminster0.7 mi away

8%281

Santa Ana5.9 mi away

7%262

Irvine13.1 mi away

7%261

Huntington Beach3.4 mi away

7%253

Los Angeles30.9 mi away

6%203

Anaheim15.1 mi away

5%188

Garden Grove2.7 mi away

5%182

Costa Mesa6.9 mi away

4%131

Orange7.7 mi away

3%124

Fountain Valley3.1 mi away

3%109

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,553

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Midway commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

56%

21%

13%

10%

56%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Midway is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.18 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Midway are

626 jobs are based in Midway. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Midway’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Midway

626 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Midway residents hold

3,547 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+21%

Jobs based in Midway, 2013 → 2023: 517 → 626. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.