Kissee Mills vs Rockaway Beach

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

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

Kissee Mills has the higher population (1,182 vs 682 in Rockaway Beach). Rockaway Beach has the higher median household income ($56,563 vs $53,250 in Kissee Mills). Kissee Mills has the higher median home value ($135,500 vs $130,000 in Rockaway Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Kissee Mills	Rockaway Beach
Population	1,182	682
Median age	41.9 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,250	$56,563
Median home value	$135,500	$130,000
Median gross rent	$700	$767
Housing units	528	447
Homeownership rate	88.8%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kissee Mills	Rockaway Beach
Population	1,036 → 1,182 (+14.1%)	872 → 682 (-21.8%)
Median household income	$31,055 → $53,250 (+71.5%)	$39,643 → $56,563 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $135,500 (+72.0%)	$90,500 → $130,000 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$581 → $767 (+32.0%)

Kissee Mills

Population

1,0361,182

Median household income

$31,055$53,250

Median home value

$78,800$135,500

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)

	Kissee Mills	Rockaway Beach
Under 5	1.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.8%	10.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	15.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	8.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	18.8%	10.3%
75 and over	6.3%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kissee Mills	Rockaway Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kissee Mills	Rockaway Beach
No high school diploma	8.0%	12.2%
High school graduate	49.2%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kissee Mills	Rockaway Beach
Drove alone	63.4%	64.6%
Carpooled	28.0%	20.5%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	9.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kissee Mills	Rockaway Beach
1-unit, detached	71.0%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	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	26.5%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Kissee Mills	Rockaway Beach
Poverty rate	10.3%	14.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	40	32
Median year structure built	1985	1981