Duquesne vs Joplin

A side-by-side comparison of Duquesne and Joplin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Joplin has the higher population (52,218 vs 2,216 in Duquesne). Duquesne has the higher median household income ($52,372 vs $51,154 in Joplin). Duquesne has the higher median home value ($184,200 vs $159,700 in Joplin).

Population, income & housing

	Duquesne	Joplin
Population	2,216	52,218
Median age	37.4 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,372	$51,154
Median home value	$184,200	$159,700
Median gross rent	$871	$889
Housing units	1,036	24,966
Homeownership rate	51.6%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duquesne	Joplin
Population	1,918 → 2,216 (+15.5%)	50,386 → 52,218 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$56,705 → $52,372 (-7.6%)	$45,449 → $51,154 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$151,000 → $184,200 (+22.0%)	$125,900 → $159,700 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$849 → $871 (+2.6%)	$789 → $889 (+12.7%)

Duquesne

Population

1,9182,216

Median household income

$56,705$52,372

Median home value

$151,000$184,200

Median gross rent

$849$871

Joplin

Population

50,38652,218

Median household income

$45,449$51,154

Median home value

$125,900$159,700

Median gross rent

$789$889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duquesne	Joplin
Under 5	7.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	9.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.6%	11.3%
25 to 34	20.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	16.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	11.0%
75 and over	5.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duquesne	Joplin
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	82.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.7%
Asian	4.2%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duquesne	Joplin
No high school diploma	11.2%	9.9%
High school graduate	33.2%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duquesne	Joplin
Drove alone	74.3%	78.4%
Carpooled	15.7%	9.8%
Public transit	3.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.9%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duquesne	Joplin
1-unit, detached	57.2%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	7.6%
20 or more units	12.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Duquesne	Joplin
Poverty rate	13.0%	17.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	13	18
Median year structure built	2003	1984