Fairfax vs Rock Port

A side-by-side comparison of Fairfax and Rock Port: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rock Port has the higher population (1,207 vs 685 in Fairfax). Fairfax has the higher median household income ($54,107 vs $45,208 in Rock Port). Rock Port has the higher median home value ($109,100 vs $91,500 in Fairfax).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	Rock Port
Population	685	1,207
Median age	48.7 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,107	$45,208
Median home value	$91,500	$109,100
Median gross rent	$560	$708
Housing units	369	629
Homeownership rate	67.9%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	Rock Port
Population	673 → 685 (+1.8%)	1,440 → 1,207 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $54,107 (+41.9%)	$50,388 → $45,208 (-10.3%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $91,500 (+38.2%)	$95,300 → $109,100 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$482 → $560 (+16.2%)	$503 → $708 (+40.8%)

Fairfax

Population

673685

Median household income

$38,125$54,107

Median home value

$66,200$91,500

Median gross rent

$482$560

Rock Port

Population

1,4401,207

Median household income

$50,388$45,208

Median home value

$95,300$109,100

Median gross rent

$503$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	Rock Port
Under 5	7.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	12.0%	18.0%
18 to 24	3.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	16.1%	6.8%
35 to 44	8.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.8%
55 to 64	16.6%	10.3%
65 to 74	16.1%	13.4%
75 and over	10.5%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	Rock Port
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	7.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	Rock Port
No high school diploma	10.7%	5.7%
High school graduate	51.2%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	Rock Port
Drove alone	83.7%	79.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	15.9%
Public transit	4.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	2.4%
Other means	2.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	Rock Port
1-unit, detached	85.6%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	Rock Port
Poverty rate	16.1%	14.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1957	1963