About Rocheport

Rocheport is a tiny city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 204 people and just one neighborhood, Rocheport is the 423rd largest community in Missouri.

When you are in Rocheport, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.4% of Rocheport's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Rocheport is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rocheport who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.84%), healthcare (11.01%), and management occupations (9.17%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.46% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Rocheport is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Rocheport isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Rocheport 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.

Rocheport Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Rocheport citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 25.44% of adults in Rocheport have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Rocheport in 2000 was $21,483, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $85,932 for a family of four.

The people who call Rocheport home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Rocheport is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rocheport include German, Irish, English, and French.

The most common language spoken in Rocheport is English.