Agency vs St. Joseph

A side-by-side comparison of Agency and St. Joseph: population, income, housing, and more.

Agency and St. Joseph are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Joseph has the higher population (71,542 vs 808 in Agency). Agency has the higher median household income ($101,513 vs $55,578 in St. Joseph). Agency has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $144,200 in St. Joseph).

Population, income & housing

	Agency	St. Joseph
Population	808	71,542
Median age	43.3 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,513	$55,578
Median home value	$218,800	$144,200
Median gross rent	$825	$884
Housing units	299	33,143
Homeownership rate	97.6%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Agency	St. Joseph
Population	733 → 808 (+10.2%)	75,913 → 71,542 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$71,364 → $101,513 (+42.2%)	$48,197 → $55,578 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$163,000 → $218,800 (+34.2%)	$114,100 → $144,200 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $825 (+4.2%)	$782 → $884 (+13.0%)

Agency

Population

733808

Median household income

$71,364$101,513

Median home value

$163,000$218,800

Median gross rent

$792$825

St. Joseph

Population

75,91371,542

Median household income

$48,197$55,578

Median home value

$114,100$144,200

Median gross rent

$782$884

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Agency	St. Joseph
Under 5	4.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	21.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.8%
75 and over	4.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Agency	St. Joseph
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Agency	St. Joseph
No high school diploma	2.6%	10.9%
High school graduate	41.0%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Agency	St. Joseph
Drove alone	81.4%	79.1%
Carpooled	11.0%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	6.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Agency	St. Joseph
1-unit, detached	93.3%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Agency	St. Joseph
Poverty rate	1.2%	18.7%
Average household size	2.78	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	32	17
Median year structure built	1981	1962