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Cost of living in Rolla, Missouri

Simple answer

Typical rent is $789 a month.

Rolla is a city in Missouri. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $46,204 a year.

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People
20,287
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$789
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$46,204
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$187,000
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$973
Phelps County, MO

Rolla, Missouri has about 20,287 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $187,000.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Phelps County is $973 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Rolla. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Missouri's prices sit at 90.8 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Missouri taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 8.4% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Rolla's exact store tax.

Some places in Missouri add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.18% of income. That is not a Rolla bill.

In July 2026, a typical Missouri home paid 16.09¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Rolla's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Missouri in the table we use.

Among 350 places we list in Missouri with a rent figure, 233 have higher typical rent than Rolla.

Nearby places

EBT nearby

USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Bigger places in Missouri

Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.