Chain of Rocks vs Old Monroe

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

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

Chain of Rocks has the higher population (279 vs 183 in Old Monroe). Chain of Rocks has the higher median household income ($145,887 vs $61,458 in Old Monroe). Chain of Rocks has the higher median home value ($336,000 vs $154,200 in Old Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Chain of Rocks	Old Monroe
Population	279	183
Median age	29.2 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$145,887	$61,458
Median home value	$336,000	$154,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,156
Housing units	73	68
Homeownership rate	98.6%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.7%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chain of Rocks	Old Monroe
Population	114 → 279 (+144.7%)	216 → 183 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$83,125 → $145,887 (+75.5%)	$40,000 → $61,458 (+53.6%)
Median home value	$197,500 → $336,000 (+70.1%)	$112,500 → $154,200 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,094 → $1,156 (+5.7%)

Chain of Rocks

Population

114279

Median household income

$83,125$145,887

Median home value

$197,500$336,000

Old Monroe

Population

216183

Median household income

$40,000$61,458

Median home value

$112,500$154,200

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chain of Rocks	Old Monroe
Under 5	18.3%	19.7%
5 to 17	19.4%	10.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.8%
25 to 34	5.7%	20.2%
35 to 44	28.3%	7.7%
45 to 54	6.8%	8.2%
55 to 64	6.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	6.1%	7.1%
75 and over	1.1%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chain of Rocks	Old Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chain of Rocks	Old Monroe
No high school diploma	7.8%	13.8%
High school graduate	18.3%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	47.1%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chain of Rocks	Old Monroe
Drove alone	60.0%	95.4%
Carpooled	8.9%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	30.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chain of Rocks	Old Monroe
1-unit, detached	97.3%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Chain of Rocks	Old Monroe
Poverty rate	3.2%	4.4%
Average household size	3.99	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	2001	1963