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Carthage, MO

15,574 Population
12.1 square miles 1,288 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2

Economics

$25,235 ±$4,276 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $32,117 ±$827
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
$51,328 ±$4,694 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $61,901 ±$1,735
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325

27.2% ±8.5% (4,106  ±1,291) 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)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)

15.5 minutes ±1.2 (92,440  ±12,195) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 20.4 1,747,125 (±0.6 / ±58,648)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)

Families

5,732 ±353 Number of households
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 79,505 ±648
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
2.6 ±0.2 (15,089  ±36) Persons per household
  • a little 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

5.9% ±3.4% (235  ±137) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.2% † 2,862 (±0.8% / ±358)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)

Housing

6,459 ±413 Number of housing units
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 88,475 ±71
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043

$146,800 ±$9,480 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $165,500 ±$3,164
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880

14.2% ±4.2% (2,189  ±652.1) 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)

Social

74.5% ±6% (6,952  ±648.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 89.3% 121,413 (±1.7% / ±2,336)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
22.1% ±3.7% (2,064  ±361.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 24.2% 32,881 (±0.9% / ±1,274)
  • about two-thirds of 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

12.6% ±2.1% (1,957  ±322) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 3.9% 7,888
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967

6% ±1.9% (632  ±207) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 8% 12,327 (±0.5% / ±734)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
632 Total veterans ±207 620 Male ±207 12 Female ±19

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