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St. Joseph, MO

70,702 Population
44 square miles 1,605.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.9
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$30,042 ±$2,618 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: $32,276 ±$1,991
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,699 ±$393
$57,205 ±$6,392 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: $62,682 ±$4,612
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $68,545 ±$900

17.5% ±3.9% (11,880  ±2,652) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 13% † 14,765 (±2.4% / ±2,744)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12% 720,210 (±0.4% / ±24,684)

16.5 minutes ±0.8 (491,405  ±27,383) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 19.4 981,475 (±0.6 / ±34,201)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

28,196 ±1,319 Number of households
  • the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 47,529 ±1,485
  • Missouri: 2,556,271 ±10,804
2.4 ±0.1 (67,835  ±2,439) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.4 113,325 (±0.1 / ±1,414)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,033,157

9.6% ±4.7% (1,451  ±712) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.6% † 1,834 (±2.9% / ±704)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 5.5% 78,185 (±0.4% / ±5,180)

Housing

32,851 ±967 Number of housing units
  • the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 54,035 ±626
  • Missouri: 2,844,440 ±583

$156,000 ±$11,299 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: $172,000 ±$8,126
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $233,600 ±$2,397

12% ±2.9% (8,375  ±2,081.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 9.9% † 11,665 (±2% / ±2,352.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 12.1% 739,002 (±0.4% / ±22,558.4)

Social

87.8% ±5.4% (41,862  ±3,033.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 90.5% 73,941 (±4.1% / ±3,463.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 92% 3,915,999 (±0.7% / ±29,203.5)
19% ±2.8% (9,052  ±1,363.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 21.3% 17,448 (±2.1% / ±1,736.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 33.2% 1,413,984 (±0.4% / ±18,155.5)

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

3.8% ±1.4% (2,670  ±974) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 3.5% † 4,115 (±1% / ±1,175)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.8% 296,832

7.3% ±1.6% (3,933  ±851) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.4% † 6,761 (±1.3% / ±1,174)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.1% 341,191 (±0.2% / ±8,649)
3,933 Total veterans ±851 3,636 Male ±833 297 Female ±377

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