Rockaway Beach, Missouri

About Rockaway Beach

Set in the southern part of Missouri, Rockaway Beach is a tiny community with an estimated population of 819.

Rockaway Beach holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.63 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 1,300 residents per square mile.

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What Makes Rockaway Beach Unique

• Positioned in southern Missouri, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Missouri — one of 1,082 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.

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