Rockaway Beach vs Taneyville

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

Rockaway Beach and Taneyville 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 188 in Taneyville). Rockaway Beach has the higher median household income ($56,563 vs $50,893 in Taneyville). Rockaway Beach has the higher median home value ($130,000 vs $111,100 in Taneyville).

Population, income & housing

	Rockaway Beach	Taneyville
Population	682	188
Median age	47.6 yrs	26.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$50,893
Median home value	$130,000	$111,100
Median gross rent	$767	—
Housing units	447	109
Homeownership rate	76.2%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockaway Beach	Taneyville
Population	872 → 682 (-21.8%)	292 → 188 (-35.6%)
Median household income	$39,643 → $56,563 (+42.7%)	$40,208 → $50,893 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$90,500 → $130,000 (+43.6%)	$80,800 → $111,100 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $767 (+32.0%)	$675 → $650 (-3.7%)

Rockaway Beach

Population

872682

Median household income

$39,643$56,563

Median home value

$90,500$130,000

Median gross rent

$581$767

Taneyville

Population

292188

Median household income

$40,208$50,893

Median home value

$80,800$111,100

Median gross rent

$675$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockaway Beach	Taneyville
Under 5	4.5%	7.4%
5 to 17	10.1%	27.1%
18 to 24	15.8%	13.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.1%	5.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.0%
55 to 64	16.3%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.1%
75 and over	14.4%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockaway Beach	Taneyville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	98.4%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.0%
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	5.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockaway Beach	Taneyville
No high school diploma	12.2%	3.1%
High school graduate	33.8%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockaway Beach	Taneyville
Drove alone	64.6%	57.9%
Carpooled	20.5%	30.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	11.8%
Other means	9.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockaway Beach	Taneyville
1-unit, detached	67.3%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	30.3%

Poverty & households

	Rockaway Beach	Taneyville
Poverty rate	14.9%	16.5%
Average household size	2.62	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	32	37
Median year structure built	1981	1974