Appleton City vs Roscoe

A side-by-side comparison of Appleton City and Roscoe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Appleton City has the higher population (1,187 vs 109 in Roscoe). Roscoe has the higher median household income ($44,625 vs $44,615 in Appleton City). Appleton City has the higher median home value ($86,500 vs $72,800 in Roscoe).

Population, income & housing

	Appleton City	Roscoe
Population	1,187	109
Median age	39.5 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,615	$44,625
Median home value	$86,500	$72,800
Median gross rent	$503	—
Housing units	625	72
Homeownership rate	55.4%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appleton City	Roscoe
Population	1,163 → 1,187 (+2.1%)	99 → 109 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$33,092 → $44,615 (+34.8%)	$39,375 → $44,625 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$61,800 → $86,500 (+40.0%)	$63,300 → $72,800 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$520 → $503 (-3.3%)	—

Appleton City

Population

1,1631,187

Median household income

$33,092$44,615

Median home value

$61,800$86,500

Median gross rent

$520$503

Roscoe

Population

99109

Median household income

$39,375$44,625

Median home value

$63,300$72,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appleton City	Roscoe
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	27.5%
18 to 24	12.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	3.7%
45 to 54	7.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	8.3%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.2%
75 and over	20.0%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appleton City	Roscoe
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	94.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appleton City	Roscoe
No high school diploma	14.7%	12.7%
High school graduate	41.6%	59.2%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appleton City	Roscoe
Drove alone	76.3%	73.7%
Carpooled	12.5%	21.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appleton City	Roscoe
1-unit, detached	68.3%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Appleton City	Roscoe
Poverty rate	14.2%	6.4%
Average household size	2.12	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1972	1943