Edgar Springs vs Rolla

A side-by-side comparison of Edgar Springs and Rolla: population, income, housing, and more.

Edgar Springs and Rolla are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rolla has the higher population (20,144 vs 213 in Edgar Springs). Edgar Springs has the higher median household income ($50,341 vs $42,518 in Rolla). Rolla has the higher median home value ($177,400 vs $83,200 in Edgar Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Edgar Springs	Rolla
Population	213	20,144
Median age	43.1 yrs	27.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,341	$42,518
Median home value	$83,200	$177,400
Median gross rent	$682	$790
Housing units	130	9,231
Homeownership rate	83.5%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgar Springs	Rolla
Population	181 → 213 (+17.7%)	20,169 → 20,144 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$27,361 → $50,341 (+84.0%)	$37,600 → $42,518 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$72,000 → $83,200 (+15.6%)	$131,100 → $177,400 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$936 → $682 (-27.1%)	$737 → $790 (+7.2%)

Edgar Springs

Population

181213

Median household income

$27,361$50,341

Median home value

$72,000$83,200

Median gross rent

$936$682

Rolla

Population

20,16920,144

Median household income

$37,600$42,518

Median home value

$131,100$177,400

Median gross rent

$737$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgar Springs	Rolla
Under 5	5.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	27.5%
25 to 34	18.8%	14.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	16.9%	7.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	7.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.4%
75 and over	5.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgar Springs	Rolla
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	81.8%
Black or African American	7.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgar Springs	Rolla
No high school diploma	13.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	56.4%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	12.2%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgar Springs	Rolla
Drove alone	84.9%	73.5%
Carpooled	10.5%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	4.7%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgar Springs	Rolla
1-unit, detached	82.3%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	24.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	17.7%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Edgar Springs	Rolla
Poverty rate	11.3%	23.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	33	14
Median year structure built	1967	1985