Rocky Comfort vs Southwest City

A side-by-side comparison of Rocky Comfort and Southwest City: population, income, housing, and more.

Rocky Comfort and Southwest City are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Southwest City has the higher population (845 vs 200 in Rocky Comfort). Since 2019, Rocky Comfort's population has grown faster (+108.3% vs -20.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Rocky Comfort	Southwest City
Population	200	845
Median age	67.5 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$38,750
Median home value	—	$67,200
Median gross rent	—	$555
Housing units	109	361
Homeownership rate	80.2%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rocky Comfort	Southwest City
Population	96 → 200 (+108.3%)	1,056 → 845 (-20.0%)
Median household income	—	$41,250 → $38,750 (-6.1%)
Median home value	—	$82,100 → $67,200 (-18.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$688 → $555 (-19.3%)

Rocky Comfort

Population

96200

Southwest City

Population

1,056845

Median household income

$41,250$38,750

Median home value

$82,100$67,200

Median gross rent

$688$555

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rocky Comfort	Southwest City
Under 5	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	25.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	18.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	23.0%	6.7%
65 to 74	61.0%	3.1%
75 and over	16.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rocky Comfort	Southwest City
White (non-Hispanic)	40.0%	26.5%
Black or African American	38.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.0%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	64.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rocky Comfort	Southwest City
No high school diploma	5.5%	37.9%
High school graduate	44.0%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rocky Comfort	Southwest City
Drove alone	100.0%	73.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rocky Comfort	Southwest City
1-unit, detached	95.4%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Rocky Comfort	Southwest City
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.1%
Average household size	1.98	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	61	25
Median year structure built	1951	1985