Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety44#517/924
Economy34#612/925
Housing70#274/925
Health24#700/925
Healthcare25#692/923
Environment29#647/917
Education41#550/925
Infrastructure47#490/925
Community50#461/925
Leisure & amenities19#752/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Joplin, MO-KS metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Homicide rate · low1.6 /100k
85/100Missouri 7.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Drug overdose deaths · low10.2 /100k
81/100Missouri 18.0 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Home price to income ratio · low2.7×
78/100Missouri 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Cost of buying a home today · low27.2%
77/100Missouri 28.9%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Loneliness · low32.4%
76/100Missouri 32.5%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Average commute time · low20.4 min
73/100Missouri 23.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high3 days
10/100Missouri 2 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Distance to an Amtrak station · high124 mi
12/100Missouri 33 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Property crime rate · high1,894 /100k
15/100Missouri 1,644 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Adult smoking · high18.9%
15/100Missouri 19.5%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Physical inactivity · high31.0%
16/100Missouri 31.3%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Preventable hospital stays · high3,588 /100k
18/100Missouri 3,034 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
1% (2021) → 49% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+49 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Homicide rateImproving
5.0 /100k (2021) → 1.6 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−68%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
7.5 /1k (2020) → 12.3 /1k (2025)
+64%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.8% (2015-2019) → 88.5% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
21.7 /100k (2021) → 10.2 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−53%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Property crime rateImproving
3,485 /100k (2020) → 1,894 /100k (2025)
−46%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k

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, Joplin, MO-KS metro area improved on 13 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 7 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Homicides−78%7.4 /100k → 1.6 /100k
Grocery stores+15%1.0 /10k → 1.1 /10k
Broadband+12 points76.8% → 88.5%
Gyms+25%0.5 /10k → 0.6 /10k
Property crime−46%3,485 /100k → 1,894 /100k

Declined6

Libraries−12%0.6 /10k → 0.5 /10k
Commute+1.5 min19.0 min → 20.4 min
Pharmacies−20%2.0 /10k → 1.6 /10k
Traffic deaths+18%17.8 /100k → 20.9 /100k
Suicides+6%16.6 /100k → 17.6 /100k

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Joplin, MO-KS metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.6 /10k2020	2.7 /10k2025	+3.6%	Little change	37%
Average commute time	19.0 min2015-2019	20.4 min2020-2024	+1.5 min	Declined	21%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%2015-2019	24.2%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Improved	27%
Broadband subscriptions	76.8%2015-2019	88.5%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	75%
Child poverty rate	22.9%2015-2019	20.4%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Improved	53%
Distance to an airport	53 mi2020	53 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	93%
Drug overdose deaths	16.8 /100k2020	10.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−39%	Improved	69%
Effective property tax rate	0.69%2015-2019	0.69%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Firearm deaths	15.6 /100k2020	15.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−2.9%	Little change	54%
Grocery stores	1.0 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+15%	Improved	85%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	+25%	Improved	76%
High school diploma or higher	86.9%2015-2019	89.3%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.2×	Declined	82%
Homicide rate	7.4 /100k2020	1.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−78%	Improved	90%
Income adjusted for local prices	$44,5352019	$58,6042024	+32%	Improved	50%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4502015-2019	0.4522020-2024	+0.002	Within the margin of error	47%
Median household income	$49,0982015-2019	$61,9012020-2024	+26%	Improved	46%
New business applications	7.5 /1k2020	12.3 /1k2025	+64%	Improved	74%
Pharmacies	2.0 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−20%	Declined	20%
Poverty rate	15.9%2015-2019	15.7%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Property crime rate	3,485 /100k2020	1,894 /100k2025	−46%	Improved	78%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−12%	Declined	8%
Rent as share of income	27.1%2015-2019	28.7%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Rent-burdened households	43.9%2015-2019	46.9%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Restaurants and bars	7.7 /10k2020	7.8 /10k2025	+1.8%	Little change	53%
Suicide rate	16.6 /100k2020	17.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+6%	Declined	46%
Traffic deaths	17.8 /100k2015-2019	20.9 /100k2020-2024	+18%	Declined	31%
Unemployment rate	5.6%2020	3.8%2025	−1.8 points	Improved	16%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.3%2015-2019	14.6%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Violent crime rate	371 /100k2020	292 /100k2025	−21%	Improved	59%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Joplin, MO-KS metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Joplin, MO-KS metro area 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, Joplin, MO-KS metro area itself moved +1.1 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

203,626 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 men (+0.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

203,626 residents

Joplin, MO-KS metro area
United States share

White81%164,859
Black1.4%2,775
Hispanic or Latino8.3%16,845

Education

135,978 residents (±205)

Joplin, MO-KS metro area
United States share

No high school diploma11%14,565
High school or GED34%46,378
Some college23%31,068

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

79,505 households (±648)

Joplin, MO-KS metro area
United States share

Under $25k18%14,634
$25k–50k22%17,805
$50k–75k19%15,376
$75k–100k14%11,052
$100k–150k15%12,177
$150k–200k5.5%4,398
$200k or more5.1%4,063

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−6.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

79,505 households (±648)

Joplin, MO-KS metro area
United States share

Own68%53,992
Rent32%25,513

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

23,747 households (±1,008)

Joplin, MO-KS metro area
United States share

Under $75029%6,853
$750–1,00029%6,920
$1,000–1,50035%8,277

Home values

53,992 homes (±1,037)

Joplin, MO-KS metro area
United States share

Under $150k43%23,168
$150k–250k31%16,849
$250k–400k17%9,002
$400k–750k

Age of homes

88,475 homes (±71)

Joplin, MO-KS metro area
United States share

2010 or later13%11,778
2000–200915%13,420
1980–199924%21,416

Size of homes

88,475 homes (±71)

Joplin, MO-KS metro area
United States share

Studio1.6%1,391
1 bedroom8.8%7,794
2 bedrooms26%22,587
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

93,321 workers (±1,481)

Joplin, MO-KS metro area
United States share

Drive alone80%74,526
Carpool9.0%8,431
Public transit0.2%†155
Walk1.4%1,324
Bike0.2%†157
Work from home8.4%7,836
Other1.0%892

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+4.4 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

85,485 workers (±1,544)

Joplin, MO-KS metro area
United States share

Under 15 min39%32,973
15–29 min39%33,563
30–44 min15%12,677

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

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

The 10 largest occupations in Joplin, MO-KS employ 22,120 people. 1 pay a median above the US median and 9 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Joplin, MO-KS by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers3,470 jobs	3,470	$47,430US $58,640	−19%	3.0×
Registered Nurses2,670 jobs	2,670	$74,930US $97,550	−23%	1.41×
Stockers and Order Fillers2,620 jobs	2,620	$35,460US $37,330	−5%	1.65×
Retail Salespersons2,420 jobs	2,420	$30,740US $35,410	−13%	1.11×
Cashiers2,400 jobs	2,400	$29,050US $32,880	−12%	1.38×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides2,050 jobs	2,050	$34,800US $35,800	−3%	0.85×
Cooks, Fast Food2,030 jobs	2,030	$28,600US $30,890	−7%	5.65×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand1,720 jobs	1,720	$39,400US $40,240	−2%	1.04×
Office Clerks, General1,460 jobs	1,460	$38,170US $45,010	−15%	1.06×
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders1,280 jobs	1,280	$47,040US $43,220	+9%	6.03×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Joplin, MO-KS.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

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.

Joplin, MO-KS has 4,404 employer establishments, 215 for every 10,000 residents (0.87× the US rate of 248), with 77,827 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,014. The Census Bureau also counts 14,153 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,404; 14,153 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 215; US 248
Paid employees: 77,827
Average annual pay: $50,014; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Joplin, MO-KS by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	358	17.5	0.95×About typical	6,830	$19,538	71
Ambulatory health care services	317	15.5	0.74×Fewer than typical	3,190	$68,768	394
Specialty trade contractors	245	12	0.77×Fewer than typical	1,597	$60,149	1,215
Religious organizations	208	10.1	1.83×More than typical	1,454	$24,915	—
Limited-service restaurants	160	7.8	0.97×About typical	3,361	$17,501	29
Full-service restaurants	154	7.5	0.98×About typical	2,891	$22,227	26
Truck transportation	151	7.4	1.46×More than typical	4,921	$57,125	440
Automotive repair and maintenance	141	6.9	1.37×More than typical	812	$39,888	309
Lessors of real estate	141	6.9	0.56×Fewer than typical	515	$36,769	1,333
Construction of buildings	104	5.1	0.67×Fewer than typical	1,500	$73,594	724
Insurance agencies and brokerages	101	4.9	1.12×About typical	394	$48,505	210
Building equipment contractors	97	4.7	0.79×Fewer than typical	874	$69,270	196

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 204,948 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $70M on contracts performed in Joplin, MO-KS metro area: $335 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $70M; −0.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $335; US $1,994
Sole-source: 20%; US 30%
Single offer: 23%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Environmental Protection Agency$32.4M46%
Department of the Navy$14.7M21%
Department of the Army$14M20%
Department of the Air Force$5.3M7.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1.8M2.6%
Defense Logistics Agency$1.8M2.6%
Public Buildings Service$139.8K0.2%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$132K0.2%

Top recipients

ARCWOOD ENVIRONMENTAL - JOPLIN, INC.$14.4M21%
EAGLEPICHER TECHNOLOGIES LLC$13.9M20%
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT, INC$9.3M13%
FIDELIS-BBD, LLC$6.9M9.9%
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP$4.9M6.9%

Spending by fiscal year

31.7MFY2017
41.7MFY2018
63.2MFY2019
39.4MFY2020
78.2MFY2021
66.2MFY2022
70.5MFY2023
119.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$31.8M45%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$15.6M22%
Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing · 3259$9.2M13%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$5.3M7.5%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$4.1M5.9%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$1.4M

Largest awards

REMEDIAL ACTION FRAMEWORK (RAF)/REMEDIATION ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (RES) TASK ORDER - NEWTON COUNTY MINE TAILINGS OU1&OU2 SPRING CITY/SPURGEON SUBDISTRICT - AWARD$41.5M
KEMRON/ARROWHEAD JV, LLC· Jasper County, MO· Facilities & utilities· Sep 18, 2020 – Jun 17, 2026· 68HE0720F0159
F-35 AGNOSTIC BATTERY SYSTEM$37.2M
EAGLEPICHER TECHNOLOGIES LLC· Jasper County, MO· Research & development· Jun 24, 2019 – Feb 26, 2026· FA865019C5077
DEMIL OF VARIOUS FAMILIES OF CONVENTIONAL AMMO.$34.4M
ARCWOOD ENVIRONMENTAL - JOPLIN, INC.· Jasper County, MO· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 20, 2021 – Jan 29, 2026· W52P1J21F0225
NEWTON COUNTY MINE WASTE SUPERFUND SITE

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.4B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Joplin, MO-KS metro area: $6,499 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.4B; +6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,499; US $12,955
Loan face value: $92.8M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$708.5M52%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$141.1M10%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$125.7M9.3%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$110.3M8.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$77.9M5.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$42.6M3.1%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$20.2M1.5%
20.272 · Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)$15.3M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$179.7M13%
JEFFERSON CITY, MO
JUNIOR COLLEGE DIST NEWTON-MC$13.1M1.0%
NEOSHO, MO
MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY$9.1M0.7%
JOPLIN, MO
CITY OF JOPLIN$6.2M0.5%
JOPLIN, MO
SKYWEST AIRLINES INC$6M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$954.7M70%
Federal Highway Administration$181.5M13%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$127.3M9.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$26M1.9%
Farm Service Agency$14.7M1.1%

Assistance by fiscal year

1.1BFY2021
1.1BFY2022
1.1BFY2023
1.2BFY2024
1.3BFY2025
1.4BFY2026

County aggregates

81%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Joplin, MO-KS

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

States

The share of the area's residents living in each state.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

JoplinPrincipal city52,593

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Missouri

Areas based in Missouri, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved13

Declined6

Metro and micro areas like Joplin, MO-KS metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Joplin, MO-KS

States

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Missouri

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved13

Declined6

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought