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Rolla, MO

20,144 Population
12.1 square miles 1,660.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.4 ±1.6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 36.2 ±0.5
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,580 ±$1,598 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: $29,191 ±$1,433
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$42,518 ±$5,877 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: $55,427 ±$3,157
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

23.8% ±3.2% (4,147  ±564) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 17.2% † 7,216 (±2% / ±819)
  • nearly double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

14.2 minutes ±1.5 (103,745  ±12,557) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 20.4 352,175 (±1.5 / ±29,326)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

8,064 ±315 Number of households
  • the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 17,644 ±399
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.2 ±0.1 (17,414  ±65) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 2.4 41,869 (±0.1 / ±67)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

3.8% ±1.8% (183  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 4.2% † 408 (±1.6% / ±152)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

9,231 ±318 Number of housing units
  • the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 20,246 ±45
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$177,400 ±$20,128 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: $194,900 ±$15,449
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

27.3% ±3.4% (5,430  ±677.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 18.3% † 8,158 (±2% / ±890.5)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

93.2% ±5.7% (10,101  ±709.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 91.6% 25,928 (±3.7% / ±1,059.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
35.5% ±3.7% (3,844  ±420.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 31.5% 8,929 (±2.2% / ±622.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.7% ±1.2% (1,546  ±249) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 4.3% 1,943
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

6.8% ±1.4% (1,105  ±234) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 9.2% † 3,260 (±1% / ±337)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
1,105 Total veterans ±234 921 Male ±188 184 Female ±92

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