Rock Port vs Watson

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

Rock Port and Watson 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 62 in Watson). Watson has the higher median household income ($48,000 vs $45,208 in Rock Port). Rock Port has the higher median home value ($109,100 vs $29,200 in Watson).

Population, income & housing

	Rock Port	Watson
Population	1,207	62
Median age	47.9 yrs	58.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,208	$48,000
Median home value	$109,100	$29,200
Median gross rent	$708	—
Housing units	629	46
Homeownership rate	73.6%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rock Port	Watson
Population	1,440 → 1,207 (-16.2%)	46 → 62 (+34.8%)
Median household income	$50,388 → $45,208 (-10.3%)	$47,500 → $48,000 (+1.1%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $109,100 (+14.5%)	$44,500 → $29,200 (-34.4%)
Median gross rent	$503 → $708 (+40.8%)	—

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

Watson

Population

4662

Median household income

$47,500$48,000

Median home value

$44,500$29,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rock Port	Watson
Under 5	3.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	12.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.8%	1.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.8%	6.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	13.4%	41.9%
75 and over	14.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rock Port	Watson
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rock Port	Watson
No high school diploma	5.7%	7.7%
High school graduate	39.2%	61.5%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rock Port	Watson
Drove alone	79.6%	68.4%
Carpooled	15.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	26.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rock Port	Watson
1-unit, detached	87.8%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Rock Port	Watson
Poverty rate	14.7%	9.7%
Average household size	2.17	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1963	1953