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Joplin, MO Urban Area

89,808 Population
60.6 square miles 1,482 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,203 ±$3,674 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$62,600 ±$7,632 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.7% ±3.5% (11,107  ±3,107) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.2 minutes ±0.9 (678,195  ±41,826) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

37,250 ±1,429 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (87,706  ±4,650) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.1% ±2.3% (892  ±503) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

40,756 ±1,447 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$195,600 ±$13,539 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12% ±2.5% (10,701  ±2,316.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.6% ±5.2% (54,370  ±3,802.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
29% ±3.5% (17,216  ±2,174.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.2% ±1.1% (2,860  ±1,022) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.1% ±1.5% (4,226  ±1,032) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,226 Total veterans ±1,032 3,632 Male ±960 594 Female ±422

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