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Rolla, MO Urban Area

21,058 Population
11.6 square miles 1,819.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,226 ±$1,538 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,685 ±$3,605 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.9% ±2.9% (4,205  ±537) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.2 minutes ±1.1 (117,690  ±11,768) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,380 ±333 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (18,352  ±319) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±2.6% (220  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,605 ±322 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$186,800 ±$26,248 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

26.9% ±3.3% (5,619  ±691.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.7% ±5.3% (10,803  ±737.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.7% ±3.5% (4,201  ±441.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

7.7% ±1.1% (1,611  ±235) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±1.1% (1,021  ±197) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,021 Total veterans ±197 895 Male ±197 126 Female ±58

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