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Joplin township, Jasper County, MO

45,396 Population
42 square miles 1,081.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Jasper County: 36.6 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,940 ±$1,776 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Jasper County: $29,914 ±$1,103
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$54,579 ±$3,392 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Jasper County: $57,525 ±$2,931
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

20.1% ±2.5% (8,823  ±1,162) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jasper County: 18.4% 22,229 (±1.8% / ±2,156)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

17 minutes ±1.1 (335,535  ±29,937) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jasper County: 19.3 1,017,430 (±0.6 / ±42,830)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

18,745 ±656 Number of households
  • Jasper County: 48,367 ±692
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.4 ±0 (44,050  ±1,602) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Jasper County: 2.5 121,312 (±0 / ±55)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

5.7% ±2.1% (617  ±234) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Jasper County: 5.7% † 1,637 (±1.2% / ±342)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

20,713 ±610 Number of housing units
  • Jasper County: 53,749 ±68
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$159,700 ±$6,176 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Jasper County: $158,500 ±$4,668
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

18.4% ±2.5% (8,271  ±1,140.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jasper County: 14.8% 18,029 (±1.4% / ±1,677.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

91.3% ±3.5% (27,207  ±1,367) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jasper County: 88.8% 72,097 (±2.4% / ±1,972.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
25.4% ±2.2% (7,566  ±705.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jasper County: 25.2% 20,425 (±1.3% / ±1,074.1)
  • about 80 percent 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

3.6% ±0.6% (1,648  ±291) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jasper County: 4.3% 5,265
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

7.8% ±1.2% (2,741  ±412) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Jasper County: 8% 7,464 (±0.7% / ±682)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
2,741 Total veterans ±412 2,634 Male ±405 107 Female ±65

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