Kirbyville vs Rockaway Beach

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

Kirbyville 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 98 in Kirbyville). Rockaway Beach has the higher median household income ($56,563 vs $48,750 in Kirbyville). Since 2019, Rockaway Beach's population has grown faster (-21.8% vs -39.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Kirbyville	Rockaway Beach
Population	98	682
Median age	43.9 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$56,563
Median home value	—	$130,000
Median gross rent	—	$767
Housing units	85	447
Homeownership rate	64.3%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirbyville	Rockaway Beach
Population	161 → 98 (-39.1%)	872 → 682 (-21.8%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $48,750 (+34.5%)	$39,643 → $56,563 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $147,500 (+55.3%)	$90,500 → $130,000 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $743 (+6.6%)	$581 → $767 (+32.0%)

Kirbyville

Population

16198

Median household income

$36,250$48,750

Median home value

$95,000$147,500

Median gross rent

$697$743

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)

	Kirbyville	Rockaway Beach
Under 5	5.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	10.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	28.6%	8.1%
45 to 54	2.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	27.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.3%
75 and over	9.2%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirbyville	Rockaway Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	89.1%
Black or African American	12.2%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	12.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirbyville	Rockaway Beach
No high school diploma	11.8%	12.2%
High school graduate	28.9%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	51.3%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirbyville	Rockaway Beach
Drove alone	62.9%	64.6%
Carpooled	25.7%	20.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	9.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirbyville	Rockaway Beach
1-unit, detached	36.5%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	63.5%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Kirbyville	Rockaway Beach
Poverty rate	27.7%	14.9%
Average household size	2.33	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	16	32
Median year structure built	1990	1981