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Carl Junction, MO

8,339 Population
5.5 square miles 1,523.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2

Economics

$44,112 ±$5,293 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $32,117 ±$827
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
$82,879 ±$11,490 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $61,901 ±$1,735
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325

8.4% ±5.4% (698  ±449) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 15.7% 31,278 (±1% / ±2,045)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)

22.9 minutes ±2.6 (87,440  ±13,708) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 20.4 1,747,125 (±0.6 / ±58,648)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)

Families

3,060 ±224 Number of households
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 79,505 ±648
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
2.7 ±0.2 (8,321  ±40) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 199,941 (±0 / ±88)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070

7.9% ±5.8% (147  ±110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.2% † 2,862 (±0.8% / ±358)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)

Housing

3,254 ±290 Number of housing units
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 88,475 ±71
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043

$218,300 ±$13,659 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $165,500 ±$3,164
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880

9.1% ±4.7% (753  ±391) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.8% 27,685 (±1.1% / ±2,168.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)

Social

97.9% ±9.1% (5,201  ±562.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 89.3% 121,413 (±1.7% / ±2,336)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
42.6% ±5.9% (2,266  ±336.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 24.2% 32,881 (±0.9% / ±1,274)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)

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

1.5% ±1% (121  ±83) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 3.9% 7,888
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967

13.7% ±6% (796  ±349) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 8% 12,327 (±0.5% / ±734)
  • nearly double the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
796 Total veterans ±349 782 Male ±349 14 Female ±21

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