Rock Port vs Tarkio

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

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

Tarkio has the higher population (1,478 vs 1,207 in Rock Port). Tarkio has the higher median household income ($60,250 vs $45,208 in Rock Port). Rock Port has the higher median home value ($109,100 vs $86,900 in Tarkio).

Population, income & housing

	Rock Port	Tarkio
Population	1,207	1,478
Median age	47.9 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,208	$60,250
Median home value	$109,100	$86,900
Median gross rent	$708	$608
Housing units	629	778
Homeownership rate	73.6%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rock Port	Tarkio
Population	1,440 → 1,207 (-16.2%)	1,508 → 1,478 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$50,388 → $45,208 (-10.3%)	$46,833 → $60,250 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $109,100 (+14.5%)	$71,300 → $86,900 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$503 → $708 (+40.8%)	$588 → $608 (+3.4%)

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

Tarkio

Population

1,5081,478

Median household income

$46,833$60,250

Median home value

$71,300$86,900

Median gross rent

$588$608

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rock Port	Tarkio
Under 5	3.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	6.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	10.3%	15.5%
65 to 74	13.4%	12.3%
75 and over	14.9%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rock Port	Tarkio
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rock Port	Tarkio
No high school diploma	5.7%	10.1%
High school graduate	39.2%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rock Port	Tarkio
Drove alone	79.6%	82.6%
Carpooled	15.9%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	2.6%
Other means	0.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rock Port	Tarkio
1-unit, detached	87.8%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Rock Port	Tarkio
Poverty rate	14.7%	14.5%
Average household size	2.17	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1963	1955