Joplin vs Oronogo

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

Joplin and Oronogo 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 2,685 in Oronogo). Oronogo has the higher median household income ($81,111 vs $51,154 in Joplin). Oronogo has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $159,700 in Joplin).

Population, income & housing

	Joplin	Oronogo
Population	52,218	2,685
Median age	37.5 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,154	$81,111
Median home value	$159,700	$186,300
Median gross rent	$889	$1,042
Housing units	24,966	1,013
Homeownership rate	55.9%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joplin	Oronogo
Population	50,386 → 52,218 (+3.6%)	2,609 → 2,685 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$45,449 → $51,154 (+12.6%)	$75,085 → $81,111 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$125,900 → $159,700 (+26.8%)	$137,100 → $186,300 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $889 (+12.7%)	$873 → $1,042 (+19.4%)

Joplin

Population

50,38652,218

Median household income

$45,449$51,154

Median home value

$125,900$159,700

Median gross rent

$789$889

Oronogo

Population

2,6092,685

Median household income

$75,085$81,111

Median home value

$137,100$186,300

Median gross rent

$873$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joplin	Oronogo
Under 5	5.9%	8.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	21.6%
18 to 24	11.3%	3.4%
25 to 34	14.5%	17.4%
35 to 44	11.9%	18.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	7.9%
75 and over	7.8%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joplin	Oronogo
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	85.4%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	3.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joplin	Oronogo
No high school diploma	9.9%	10.5%
High school graduate	31.9%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joplin	Oronogo
Drove alone	78.4%	75.2%
Carpooled	9.8%	4.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	19.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joplin	Oronogo
1-unit, detached	71.8%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Joplin	Oronogo
Poverty rate	17.9%	7.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1984	2004