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Rolla, MO

20,287 Population
12.1 square miles 1,673.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.2 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 35.8 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,226 ±$1,502 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: $30,712 ±$1,424
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,204 ±$3,783 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: $58,396 ±$3,528
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.6% ±3% (4,143  ±528) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 16.8% † 7,070 (±1.9% / ±812)
  • nearly double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.9 minutes ±1.1 (108,400  ±10,678) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 19.1 337,385 (±1.4 / ±27,701)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,005 ±322 Number of households
  • the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 17,329 ±427
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (17,581  ±70) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 2.4 42,130 (±0.1 / ±60)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±2.6% (220  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 4.2% † 409 (±1.8% / ±173)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,238 ±324 Number of housing units
  • the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 20,295 ±39
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$187,000 ±$25,262 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: $206,500 ±$10,558
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

27.7% ±3.4% (5,581  ±691) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 18.6% † 8,335 (±2% / ±876.8)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.6% ±5.8% (10,240  ±716.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 90% 25,684 (±3.7% / ±1,086.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.6% ±3.7% (3,982  ±429) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 32.4% 9,228 (±2.2% / ±631)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

7.9% ±1.2% (1,611  ±235) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 4.2% 1,903
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±1.2% (965  ±193) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Rolla, MO Micro Area: 8.5% † 3,026 (±1% / ±351)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
965 Total veterans ±193 820 Male ±189 145 Female ±66

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