Merriam Woods vs Rockaway Beach

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

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

Merriam Woods has the higher population (2,203 vs 682 in Rockaway Beach). Rockaway Beach has the higher median household income ($56,563 vs $50,000 in Merriam Woods). Rockaway Beach has the higher median home value ($130,000 vs $111,800 in Merriam Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Merriam Woods	Rockaway Beach
Population	2,203	682
Median age	34.0 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$56,563
Median home value	$111,800	$130,000
Median gross rent	$1,102	$767
Housing units	831	447
Homeownership rate	83.7%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merriam Woods	Rockaway Beach
Population	2,210 → 2,203 (-0.3%)	872 → 682 (-21.8%)
Median household income	$40,055 → $50,000 (+24.8%)	$39,643 → $56,563 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$68,000 → $111,800 (+64.4%)	$90,500 → $130,000 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $1,102 (+34.2%)	$581 → $767 (+32.0%)

Merriam Woods

Population

2,2102,203

Median household income

$40,055$50,000

Median home value

$68,000$111,800

Median gross rent

$821$1,102

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)

	Merriam Woods	Rockaway Beach
Under 5	7.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	23.1%	10.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	15.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	8.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	8.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.3%
75 and over	2.8%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merriam Woods	Rockaway Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	4.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merriam Woods	Rockaway Beach
No high school diploma	15.2%	12.2%
High school graduate	40.6%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merriam Woods	Rockaway Beach
Drove alone	69.8%	64.6%
Carpooled	21.2%	20.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	4.2%
Other means	3.9%	9.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merriam Woods	Rockaway Beach
1-unit, detached	66.1%	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	0.4%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	33.6%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Merriam Woods	Rockaway Beach
Poverty rate	20.5%	14.9%
Average household size	3.32	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	2001	1981