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Sarcoxie, MO

1,574 Population
1.5 square miles 1,080.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,211 ±$2,220 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $32,117 ±$827
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,705 ±$17,167 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $61,901 ±$1,735
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.4% ±6.2% (391  ±138) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 15.7% 31,278 (±1% / ±2,045)
  • about double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.4 minutes ±7.5 (13,895  ±5,771) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 20.4 1,747,125 (±0.6 / ±58,648)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

527 ±122 Number of households
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 79,505 ±648
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.3 (1,543  ±394) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 199,941 (±0 / ±88)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±5.5% (19  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.2% † 2,862 (±0.8% / ±358)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

608 ±124 Number of housing units
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 88,475 ±71
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$94,100 ±$9,941 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $165,500 ±$3,164
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.2% ±9.5% (216  ±155.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.8% 27,685 (±1.1% / ±2,168.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.1% ±27.3% (884  ±163.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 89.3% 121,413 (±1.7% / ±2,336)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
4.9% ±4% (51  ±44) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 24.2% 32,881 (±0.9% / ±1,274)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.6% ±0.6% (9  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 3.9% 7,888
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±2.8% (69  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 8% 12,327 (±0.5% / ±734)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
69 Total veterans ±36 59 Male ±28 10 Female ±18

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