Forsyth vs Rockaway Beach

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

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

Forsyth has the higher population (2,749 vs 682 in Rockaway Beach). Rockaway Beach has the higher median household income ($56,563 vs $44,352 in Forsyth). Forsyth has the higher median home value ($185,900 vs $130,000 in Rockaway Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Forsyth	Rockaway Beach
Population	2,749	682
Median age	56.4 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,352	$56,563
Median home value	$185,900	$130,000
Median gross rent	$659	$767
Housing units	1,459	447
Homeownership rate	72.7%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forsyth	Rockaway Beach
Population	2,549 → 2,749 (+7.8%)	872 → 682 (-21.8%)
Median household income	$39,476 → $44,352 (+12.4%)	$39,643 → $56,563 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$118,600 → $185,900 (+56.7%)	$90,500 → $130,000 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $659 (+0.0%)	$581 → $767 (+32.0%)

Forsyth

Population

2,5492,749

Median household income

$39,476$44,352

Median home value

$118,600$185,900

Median gross rent

$659$659

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)

	Forsyth	Rockaway Beach
Under 5	5.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	11.6%	10.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	15.8%
25 to 34	7.3%	10.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	8.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	19.4%	10.3%
75 and over	19.2%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forsyth	Rockaway Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	5.6%
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	5.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forsyth	Rockaway Beach
No high school diploma	12.8%	12.2%
High school graduate	34.3%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forsyth	Rockaway Beach
Drove alone	84.1%	64.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	20.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	4.2%
Other means	0.7%	9.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forsyth	Rockaway Beach
1-unit, detached	56.1%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	13.6%
20 or more units	13.4%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Forsyth	Rockaway Beach
Poverty rate	13.6%	14.9%
Average household size	1.98	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1990	1981