Rockaway Beach, Missouri - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	891
Male Share of the Population	50.8%
Female Share of the Population	49.2%
Senior Citizens	14.6%
Employed Population 16+	405
Age of the Population	43

Families

% of people married	48%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	13.4%
Median Earnings25+	$24,760
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$36,111
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$22,054

Wealth

Median Family Income	$54,750
% Above Poverty Level	78.7%
% Below Poverty Level	21.3%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	25 minutes
% Working from Home	4.2%
% Walking and Biking to Work	6.4%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	35%
Median Gross Rent	$630
Median House Value	$90,700

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	28.4%
Irish	20.5%
German	18.7%
French Except Basque	9.2%
English	4.9%
Dutch	4.2%
Czech	3.7%
Polish	3.4%
Swedish	3%
Scottish	2.6%
Italian	1.7%
Norwegian	1.1%
Croatian	0.6%
Lithuanian	0.3%
US/American	0.3%
Finnish	0.3%
Welsh	0.2%
Greek	0.2%
Danishn	0.2%
Hungarian	0.1%
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Rockaway Beach Almanac

Category	Value
County	Taney County
Standard Zip Codes	65740
Phone Area Codes	417
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	36.71
Approximate Longitude	-93.16

Rockaway Beach Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	OZARK BEACH
Distance	2.7 miles
Jan Temp	21 to 44 F
Apr Temp	41 to 69 F
Jul Temp	64 to 90 F
Oct Temp	43 to 72 F
Annual Precip	43.1 inches

Station	GALENA 1 SW
Distance	19.2 miles
Jan Temp	20 to 43 F
Apr Temp	42 to 69 F
Jul Temp	65 to 89 F
Oct Temp	44 to 71 F
Annual Precip	45 inches

Station	WASOLA
Distance	33.6 miles
Jan Temp	22 to 43 F
Apr Temp	44 to 69 F
Jul Temp	67 to 89 F
Oct Temp	46 to 71 F
Annual Precip	41.9 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Branson	11,345	$48,861
Branson West	569	$51,563
Forsyth	2,536	$52,361
Hollister	4,504	$43,111
Reeds Spring	987	$40,870
Taneyville	288	$45,179

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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