Cosby vs Rosendale

A side-by-side comparison of Cosby and Rosendale: population, income, housing, and more.

Cosby and Rosendale are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cosby has the higher population (170 vs 110 in Rosendale). Rosendale has the higher median household income ($98,750 vs $58,125 in Cosby). Cosby has the higher median home value ($115,000 vs $35,000 in Rosendale).

Population, income & housing

	Cosby	Rosendale
Population	170	110
Median age	27.3 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$98,750
Median home value	$115,000	$35,000
Median gross rent	$728	—
Housing units	68	49
Homeownership rate	80.0%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cosby	Rosendale
Population	213 → 170 (-20.2%)	111 → 110 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$62,250 → $58,125 (-6.6%)	$33,438 → $98,750 (+195.3%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $115,000 (+44.8%)	$33,300 → $35,000 (+5.1%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $728 (+14.6%)	—

Cosby

Population

213170

Median household income

$62,250$58,125

Median home value

$79,400$115,000

Median gross rent

$635$728

Rosendale

Population

111110

Median household income

$33,438$98,750

Median home value

$33,300$35,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cosby	Rosendale
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	27.1%	10.9%
18 to 24	11.2%	26.4%
25 to 34	20.6%	20.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	7.3%
55 to 64	7.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	0.6%	8.2%
75 and over	7.6%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cosby	Rosendale
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	5.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cosby	Rosendale
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	38.8%	55.1%
Some college or associate's	56.1%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cosby	Rosendale
Drove alone	72.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cosby	Rosendale
1-unit, detached	79.4%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.6%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Cosby	Rosendale
Poverty rate	2.4%	10.0%
Average household size	2.83	4.23
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1942	1938