Newburg vs Rolla

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

Newburg 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 319 in Newburg). Rolla has the higher median household income ($42,518 vs $24,135 in Newburg). Rolla has the higher median home value ($177,400 vs $54,700 in Newburg).

Population, income & housing

	Newburg	Rolla
Population	319	20,144
Median age	38.5 yrs	27.4 yrs
Median household income	$24,135	$42,518
Median home value	$54,700	$177,400
Median gross rent	$725	$790
Housing units	252	9,231
Homeownership rate	59.8%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newburg	Rolla
Population	479 → 319 (-33.4%)	20,169 → 20,144 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$18,889 → $24,135 (+27.8%)	$37,600 → $42,518 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$46,800 → $54,700 (+16.9%)	$131,100 → $177,400 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $725 (+36.8%)	$737 → $790 (+7.2%)

Newburg

Population

479319

Median household income

$18,889$24,135

Median home value

$46,800$54,700

Median gross rent

$530$725

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)

	Newburg	Rolla
Under 5	1.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	24.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	27.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	16.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	6.0%	7.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	7.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.4%
75 and over	8.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newburg	Rolla
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newburg	Rolla
No high school diploma	23.7%	6.8%
High school graduate	41.1%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newburg	Rolla
Drove alone	84.1%	73.5%
Carpooled	13.6%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	2.3%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newburg	Rolla
1-unit, detached	88.1%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	24.8%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Newburg	Rolla
Poverty rate	41.1%	23.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1938	1985