Bull Creek vs Rockaway Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Bull Creek and Rockaway Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Bull Creek and Rockaway Beach are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rockaway Beach has the higher population (682 vs 577 in Bull Creek). Rockaway Beach has the higher median household income ($56,563 vs $32,500 in Bull Creek). Bull Creek has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $130,000 in Rockaway Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Bull Creek	Rockaway Beach
Population	577	682
Median age	23.4 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$32,500	$56,563
Median home value	$225,000	$130,000
Median gross rent	$737	$767
Housing units	252	447
Homeownership rate	4.8%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.8%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bull Creek	Rockaway Beach
Population	496 → 577 (+16.3%)	872 → 682 (-21.8%)
Median household income	$27,228 → $32,500 (+19.4%)	$39,643 → $56,563 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$36,900 → $225,000 (+509.8%)	$90,500 → $130,000 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $737 (+17.7%)	$581 → $767 (+32.0%)

Bull Creek

Population

496577

Median household income

$27,228$32,500

Median home value

$36,900$225,000

Median gross rent

$626$737

Rockaway Beach

Population

872682

Median household income

$39,643$56,563

Median home value

$90,500$130,000

Median gross rent

$581$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bull Creek	Rockaway Beach
Under 5	7.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	33.3%	10.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	15.8%
25 to 34	16.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.1%
45 to 54	5.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	7.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	4.9%	10.3%
75 and over	1.7%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bull Creek	Rockaway Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	89.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bull Creek	Rockaway Beach
No high school diploma	26.8%	12.2%
High school graduate	46.8%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bull Creek	Rockaway Beach
Drove alone	59.3%	64.6%
Carpooled	24.0%	20.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	9.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bull Creek	Rockaway Beach
1-unit, detached	11.1%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	61.1%	13.6%
20 or more units	2.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Bull Creek	Rockaway Beach
Poverty rate	22.5%	14.9%
Average household size	2.77	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	18	32
Median year structure built	2005	1981