Chain of Rocks vs Moscow Mills

A side-by-side comparison of Chain of Rocks and Moscow Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

Chain of Rocks and Moscow Mills are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Moscow Mills has the higher population (3,647 vs 279 in Chain of Rocks). Chain of Rocks has the higher median household income ($145,887 vs $68,451 in Moscow Mills). Chain of Rocks has the higher median home value ($336,000 vs $186,900 in Moscow Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Chain of Rocks	Moscow Mills
Population	279	3,647
Median age	29.2 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$145,887	$68,451
Median home value	$336,000	$186,900
Median gross rent	—	$980
Housing units	73	1,416
Homeownership rate	98.6%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.7%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chain of Rocks	Moscow Mills
Population	114 → 279 (+144.7%)	3,034 → 3,647 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$83,125 → $145,887 (+75.5%)	$44,375 → $68,451 (+54.3%)
Median home value	$197,500 → $336,000 (+70.1%)	$95,900 → $186,900 (+94.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$975 → $980 (+0.5%)

Chain of Rocks

Population

114279

Median household income

$83,125$145,887

Median home value

$197,500$336,000

Moscow Mills

Population

3,0343,647

Median household income

$44,375$68,451

Median home value

$95,900$186,900

Median gross rent

$975$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chain of Rocks	Moscow Mills
Under 5	18.3%	12.5%
5 to 17	19.4%	9.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	5.7%	21.6%
35 to 44	28.3%	14.6%
45 to 54	6.8%	8.0%
55 to 64	6.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	6.1%	6.8%
75 and over	1.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chain of Rocks	Moscow Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chain of Rocks	Moscow Mills
No high school diploma	7.8%	10.7%
High school graduate	18.3%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	47.1%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chain of Rocks	Moscow Mills
Drove alone	60.0%	95.9%
Carpooled	8.9%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	30.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chain of Rocks	Moscow Mills
1-unit, detached	97.3%	46.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	33.8%

Poverty & households

	Chain of Rocks	Moscow Mills
Poverty rate	3.2%	11.9%
Average household size	3.99	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	2001	2000