Midland

Population & Demographics

Midland, TX

Midland is home to 136,640 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 65,304 resident workers commute each day.

TexasCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
136,640
people
Population

136,640 residents

Median age 31.5 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Midland population & demographics

Who lives in Midland — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
136,640
Median age
31.5yrs
Median household income
$89,585
Median home value
$319,200
Median gross rent
$1,434/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
33.7%
Poverty rate
12.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Midland

How Midland breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino45.9%
White41.3%
Black7.4%
Asian2.6%
Two or more races2.3%
Some other race0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Midland

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Midland.

Midland at a glance
Employed Residents
65,304
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
18.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
52.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
6.2%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Odessa
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Midland proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Midland commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

73
Commute Score

73 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Midland

65,304 commutes, one dot at a time

Midland

Where 65,304 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Midland, by worker count.

1Midland0.0 mi34,075
2Odessa18.0 mi6,350
3Lubbock107.6 mi1,489
4Houston427.4 mi994
5San Antonio276.4 mi584
6West Odessa24.9 mi472
7Dallas315.5 mi463
8San Angelo104.4 mi461

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Midland.

1Midland0.0 mi34,075
2Odessa18.0 mi9,351
3West Odessa24.9 mi1,910
4El Paso253.1 mi1,306
5Lubbock107.6 mi1,193
6Big Spring40.5 mi1,099
7Andrews34.1 mi653
8San Angelo104.4 mi639

Top industries

The sectors that employ Midland’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MNMining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction22.2%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance11.4%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.7%
RTRetail Trade10.4%
EDEducational Services7.1%
COConstruction5.3%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.2%
WSWholesale Trade3.3%
Connectivity

Internet options for Midland

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

11 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Midland

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).