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Joplin city, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Joplin city is a Census city of 52,593 people across 38.08 square miles of land, lying across Jasper County and Newton County. Median household income is $52,097, 53.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 147 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $65.1 m.
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Joplin
What Joplin is
- Census place typecity
- Land area38.08 sq mi
- Water area0.13 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,381
- County holding the largest share of its areaJasper County, 74.6 percent
- Counties this place lies inJasper County 74.6 percent, Newton County 25.4 percent
Joplin city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Joplin
How many people live in Joplin
- Population52,593
- Median age38.5
- Population under 1810,973
- Share under 1820.9 percent
- Population 65 and over10,195
- Share 65 and over19.4 percent
- Households22,710
- Family households12,538
- Share of households that are families55.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Joplin
Income and work in Joplin
- Median household income$52,097
- Per capita income$32,024
- Civilian labor force25,978
- Employed24,610
- Unemployed1,368 plus or minus 316
- Unemployment rate5.3 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Adults 25 and over36,002
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Joplin
Housing in Joplin
- Housing units25,398
- Occupied units22,710
- Vacant units2,688
- Vacancy rate10.6 percent
- Owner occupied12,128
- Renter occupied10,582
- Ownership rate53.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$168,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$962
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.2 percent
- Single family units18,603
- Share single family73.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more6,364
- Share in buildings of two or more25.1 percent
- Mobile homes431 plus or minus 221
- Median year structure built1985
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Joplin
How Joplin gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute21,642
- Commuting under 15 minutes10,988
- Share commuting under 15 minutes50.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,753
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more17.3 percent
- Drove alone77.1 percent
- Carpooled8.6 percent
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked2.9 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home10.0 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Joplin
SBA loans in Joplin (7(a))
- Approvals147
- Gross approval$65,074,900
- Average approval$442,686
- Median approval$157,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,180,000
- Largest approval$3,421,800
- Jobs supported1,344
- Jobs per approval9.1
- Loans with a final outcome32
- Paid in full32
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more24.5 percent
- Share to franchises8.2 percent
- Distinct lenders29
- Distinct industries by NAICS77
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Joplin
SBA loans in Joplin (504)
- Approvals22
- Gross approval$14,733,000
- Average approval$669,682
- Median approval$603,000
- Largest approval$2,077,000
- Jobs supported225
- Loans with a final outcome13
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jasper County, not Joplin
Jasper County context, not Joplin figures
These are Jasper County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Joplin measurements.
- Establishments in Jasper County2,828
- Employment at those establishments, Jasper County50,313
- Covered employment, Jasper County59,244
- Average annual pay, Jasper County$50,009
- Average weekly wage, Jasper County$962
- Housing units permitted, Jasper County574
- Of those, single family, Jasper County458
- County product, 2024, Jasper County$7,432,504,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jasper County4.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jasper County$46,925
Every figure in this section is published for Jasper County as a whole and is not a measurement of Joplin. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Joplin questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Joplin, Missouri?
52,593, in 22,710 households. Joplin city covers 38.08 square miles of land, which is 1,381 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Joplin in?
Joplin lies in more than one. By area it is 74.6 percent in Jasper County, 25.4 percent in Newton County. This page sits under Jasper County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Joplin?
$52,097. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $168,300. Median gross rent is $962 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Joplin businesses?
147 7(a) approvals totalling $65.1 m, across 29 lenders, median approval $157,000, plus 22 504 approvals worth $14.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Joplin, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Joplin borrowers get paid back?
Of the 32 loans that have reached a final outcome, 32 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Joplin figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jasper County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Joplin.
Is zoning published for Joplin?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.