Rockaway Beach is a tiny city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 827 people and just one neighborhood, Rockaway Beach is the 367th largest community in Missouri.
Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Rockaway Beach is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rockaway Beach is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rockaway Beach who work in office and administrative support (18.82%), food service (10.20%), and community and social services (9.02%).
There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Rockaway Beach, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.
Also of interest is that Rockaway Beach has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The overall crime rate in Rockaway Beach is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
One downside of living in Rockaway Beach is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Rockaway Beach, the average commute to work is 30.63 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Rockaway Beach is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The overall education level of Rockaway Beach is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.06% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Rockaway Beach in 2022 was $22,221, which is low income relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,884 for a family of four. However, Rockaway Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Rockaway Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rockaway Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rockaway Beach include English, Irish, German, British, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Rockaway Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (23.3%) than in 95.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.5% of all neighborhoods in America, with 30.9% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Rockaway Beach are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 26.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 29.3% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (23.3%), and 21.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Rockaway Beach, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (17.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.3%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.9%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.1%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (57.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (73.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (23.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.