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Place dossier plate
SheetMO-ROCK-HILL-MO · Rock Hill, MO 4,708 pop · income 72nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Rock Hill
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Rock Hill on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Salem · lowest
39,200
Salem · lowest
39,200 median HH income
21.0% of the leader · rank #1
Rossville · near
91,469
Rossville · near
91,469 median HH income
49.0% of the leader · rank #2
Jones Valley · near
91,471
Jones Valley · near
91,471 median HH income
49.0% of the leader · rank #3
Kula · near
91,476
Kula · near
91,476 median HH income
49.0% of the leader · rank #4
Rock Hill · this city
91,477
Rock Hill · this city
91,477 median HH income
49.0% of the leader · rank #5
Wiscasset · near
91,477
Wiscasset · near
91,477 median HH income
49.0% of the leader · rank #6
Woodmore · highest
186,713
Woodmore · highest
186,713 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Rock Hill on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 4,708.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Rock Hill - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Rock Hill lands in the 72nd percentile for household income and the 55th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
72nd
percentile, household income
57th
percentile, home value
7th
percentile, median rent
55th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Rock Hill, MO
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 4,708 residents in Rock Hill, a small town within Missouri. Households in Rock Hill report a median income of $91,477 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 2.5%. Rock Hill's housing stock carries a median value of $256,400, and the median resident age is 37.8 years. About 63.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 67.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Rock Hill reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 1234.3 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Missouri run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Missouri scores 90.8 (Well Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $972 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Missouri's average monthly utility costs around $219 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 50.6 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Rock Hill's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to work and mobility to population change to comparison shortlist to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Rock Hill, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Rock Hill?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
What does the journey to work look like in Rock Hill?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 80.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Is Rock Hill growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -72 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -1.5% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Rock Hill?
Within Missouri, the closest population matches are Osage Beach (4,715 residents, $52,067 income); Crystal City (4,721 residents, $64,650 income); Salem (4,673 residents, $39,200 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Jenkintown, PA (4,708 residents); Morgan's Point Resort, TX (4,709 residents); Woodmore, MD (4,710 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Rock Hill?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1234.3 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 46% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
822.9
Violent rate
411.4
Total reported rate
1234.3
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A+
63.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living A-
90.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate A-
2.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B
$91,477
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime F
411 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Rock Hill profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 94/100 (A+) · 63.3%
Cost of living: 83/100 (A-) · 90.8 index
Poverty rate: 82/100 (A-) · 2.5%
Household income: 71/100 (B) · $91,477
Violent crime: 21/100 (F) · 411 /100k
Where Rock Hill sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Rock Hill's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Rock Hill highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Rock Hill, MO (this city): home $256,400, crime 1,234/100k
Jenkintown, PA : home $344,800, crime 1,129/100k
Morgan's Point Resort, TX : home $199,800, crime 561/100k
Montoursville, PA : home $196,300, crime 1,530/100k
Osage Beach, MO : home $286,800, crime 2,871/100k
Salem, MO : home $97,200, crime 1,879/100k
North Kansas City, MO : home $194,700, crime 8,226/100k
St. Clair, MO : home $134,100, crime 2,964/100k
How does Rock Hill compare to other US cities?
Where Rock Hill sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income72% higher than other cities
Home value57% pricier than other cities
Median rent7% pricier than other cities
Safety55% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Missouri alone, Rock Hill ranks #103 of 234 Missouri cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Rock Hill against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Missouri only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Missouri-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Rock Hill near the bottom of Missouri's cities
Among the 875 Missouri cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Rock Hill ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Rock Hill only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#100 of 842
88th percentile in Missouri
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 875
0th percentile in Missouri
Median Home Value
#95 of 833
89th percentile in Missouri
Poverty Rate
#720 of 875
17th percentile in Missouri
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#29 of 875
97th percentile in Missouri
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Missouri only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
72nd percentile nationally for median household income · 55th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Rock Hill's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Rock Hill's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Rock Hill's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$256,40043rd percentilemore affordable than 43% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Rock Hill's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#5,611 of 15,516
More affordable than 64% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#4,865 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.8×, Rock Hill sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,611 of 15,516 and #4,865 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$91,477Rock Hill, MO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Rock Hill, MO median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Rock Hill, MO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)63.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)67.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,708
Median Income
$91,477
Median Home Value
$256,400
Median Age
37.8
Poverty Rate
2.5%
Labor force participation
67.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
63.3%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1234.3
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
411.4
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
822.9
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Rock Hill's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
4,740 residents
2021
4,718 residents
2022
4,680 residents
2023
4,670 residents
2024
4,676 residents
2025
4,668 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
80.1%
Carpool
3.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.8%
Work from Home
15.1%
Based on 2,704 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Missouri statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $219
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Missouri at $219 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Missouri statewide averages, not a meter reading for Rock Hill. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Missouri's BEA cost-of-living index is 90.8 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Rock Hill is $972/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Missouri statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.6 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Missouri statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Rock Hill sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Rock Hill compares to similar-size Missouri cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.