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Carterville, MO

1,978 Population
2.6 square miles 758.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,978 ±$3,335 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $30,805 ±$843
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$55,099 ±$8,633 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $60,146 ±$1,560
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

20% ±12.6% (387  ±260) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 16.4% 32,515 (±1.2% / ±2,310)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

18.7 minutes ±1.7 (13,070  ±3,486) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 20.4 1,739,455 (±0.5 / ±51,513)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

689 ±113 Number of households
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 78,178 ±807
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.9 ±0.4 (1,978  ±439) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 198,605 (±0 / ±85)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

4.6% ±4.8% (17  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.4% † 2,924 (±0.9% / ±428)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

779 ±110 Number of housing units
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 87,651 ±110
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$95,400 ±$9,158 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $157,000 ±$3,790
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

10.3% ±4% (202  ±89.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.8% 27,553 (±1.1% / ±2,098.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

85.6% ±21.4% (1,050  ±157.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 89.2% 120,192 (±1.7% / ±2,297.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
8.5% ±3.2% (104  ±44.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 24% 32,370 (±0.9% / ±1,222.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.3% ±1.9% (45  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 4% 8,150
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

8% ±2.7% (106  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 8.1% 12,323 (±0.5% / ±762)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
106 Total veterans ±42 106 Male ±42 N/A Female ±12

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