City · Jasper County, Missouri

Sarcoxie, Missouri

Sarcoxie is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, part of the Joplin, MO-KS metro area. It has 1,574 residents. Sarcoxie, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 22 out of 100 (low), ranking #12,164 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Missouri it ranks #323 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), drinking water violations (low) and drug overdose deaths (low). It ranks worst on bachelor's degree or higher (low), poverty rate (high) and distance to an Amtrak station (high).

22Low

Quality-of-life score: #12,164 of 15,651 cities and towns
Missouri: #323 of 375 in MO
Population: 1,574 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,080.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 2965990

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety30#10,983/15,637
Economy10#14,093/15,631
Housing89#1,674/14,977
Health16#13,045/15,609
Healthcare31#10,874/15,650
Environment40#9,305/15,453
Education30#10,921/15,649
Infrastructure34#10,364/15,650
Community33#10,526/15,651
Leisure & amenities24#11,966/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Sarcoxie, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Jasper County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Time spent in the emergency room · low92 min
98/100Missouri 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesJasper County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Missouri 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJasper County value
Drug overdose deaths · low9.0 /100k
85/100Missouri 18.0 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataJasper County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.3×
84/100Missouri 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Effective property tax rate · low0.58%
81/100Missouri 0.89%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Social associations · high12.6 /10k
81/100Missouri 11.5 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJasper County value

Weaknesses

Bachelor's degree or higher · low4.9%
2/100Missouri 32.4%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003High uncertainty
Poverty rate · high25.4%
7/100Missouri 12.2%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Distance to an Amtrak station · high119 mi
7/100Missouri 33 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauJasper County value
Median household income · low$41,705
8/100Missouri $71,583United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Primary care shortage · high17.0
9/100Missouri 10.5United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationJasper County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high19.5%
10/100Missouri 9.2%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,682 (2015-2019) → 1,574 (2020-2024)
−6.4%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
59.3% (2015-2019) → 96.8% (2020-2024)
+37 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
29.1% (2015-2019) → 63.9% (2020-2024)
+35 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
15.6% (2015-2019) → 30.7% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
22.8% (2015-2019) → 36.3% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.4× (2015-2019) → 2.3× (2020-2024)
+65%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Sarcoxie, Missouri improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Broadband+37 points59.3% → 96.8%
Inequality−0.1300.509 → 0.379

Declined2

Rent burden+35 points29.1% → 63.9%
Poverty+11 points14.1% → 25.4%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Sarcoxie, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.8 min2015-2019	26.4 min2020-2024	+2.6 min	Within the margin of error	22%
Broadband subscriptions	59.3%2015-2019	96.8%2020-2024	+37 points	Improved	99%
Effective property tax rate	0.56%2015-2019	0.58%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	13%
High school diploma or higher	82.3%2015-2019	85.1%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Home price to income ratio	1.4×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.9×	Within the margin of error	27%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5092015-2019	0.3792020-2024	−0.130	Improved	98%
Median household income	$45,1792015-2019	$41,7052020-2024	−7.7%	Within the margin of error	4%
Poverty rate	14.1%2015-2019	25.4%2020-2024	+11 points	Declined	3%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	22.8%2015-2019	36.3%2020-2024	+13 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Rent-burdened households	29.1%2015-2019	63.9%2020-2024	+35 points	Declined	2%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.7%2015-2019	19.5%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Within the margin of error	15%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Sarcoxie, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sarcoxie, Missouri in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Sarcoxie, Missouri itself moved −6.2 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,574 residents (±393)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

527 households (±122)

Sarcoxie, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k24%†129
$25k–50k30%†159
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

527 households (±122)

Sarcoxie, Missouri
Missouri share

Own79%417
Rent21%†110

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

547 workers (±158)

Sarcoxie, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone74%†403
Carpool14%†74
Public transit

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Joplin, MO-KS

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Jasper County, the county holding most of Sarcoxie's residents.

Jasper County has 2,828 employer establishments, 226 for every 10,000 residents (0.91× the US rate of 248; 0.93× Missouri's), with 50,313 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,150. The Census Bureau also counts 8,360 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,828; 8,360 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 226; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 50,313
Average annual pay: $48,150; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Jasper County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	252	20.1	1.10×About typical	4,685	$19,795	38
Ambulatory health care services	196	15.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	1,894	$79,984	242
Specialty trade contractors	145	11.6	0.75×Fewer than typical	1,078	$61,521	648
Religious organizations	122	9.8	1.76×More than typical	1,051	$25,785	—
Limited-service restaurants	112	9	1.12×About typical	2,327	$17,853	18
Full-service restaurants	108	8.6	1.12×About typical	1,928	$22,536	13
Lessors of real estate	99	7.9	0.64×Fewer than typical	437	$37,080	792
Automotive repair and maintenance	93	7.4	1.48×More than typical	494	$40,777	156
Truck transportation	73	5.8	1.15×About typical	4,128	$57,504	218
Offices of other health practitioners	72	5.8	0.95×About typical	355	$43,620	116
Insurance agencies and brokerages	69	5.5	1.26×More than typical	278	$50,644	130
Construction of buildings	65	5.2	0.69×Fewer than typical	484	$62,198	352

Rank places for an industry Open Jasper County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 125,127 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Sarcoxie is mostly in Jasper County.

See federal money in Jasper County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Sarcoxie, Missouri is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Eric BurlisonR-MO-7 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 4.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Jasper County38100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Joplin, MO-KS31

Other cities and towns in Jasper County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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