Joplin vs Webb City

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

Joplin and Webb City 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 13,139 in Webb City). Webb City has the higher median household income ($61,502 vs $51,154 in Joplin). Joplin has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $156,200 in Webb City).

Population, income & housing

	Joplin	Webb City
Population	52,218	13,139
Median age	37.5 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,154	$61,502
Median home value	$159,700	$156,200
Median gross rent	$889	$937
Housing units	24,966	5,685
Homeownership rate	55.9%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joplin	Webb City
Population	50,386 → 52,218 (+3.6%)	11,721 → 13,139 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$45,449 → $51,154 (+12.6%)	$50,033 → $61,502 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$125,900 → $159,700 (+26.8%)	$99,600 → $156,200 (+56.8%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $889 (+12.7%)	$745 → $937 (+25.8%)

Joplin

Population

50,38652,218

Median household income

$45,449$51,154

Median home value

$125,900$159,700

Median gross rent

$789$889

Webb City

Population

11,72113,139

Median household income

$50,033$61,502

Median home value

$99,600$156,200

Median gross rent

$745$937

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joplin	Webb City
Under 5	5.9%	7.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.8%
18 to 24	11.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	16.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	7.4%
75 and over	7.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joplin	Webb City
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	86.3%
Black or African American	2.7%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	2.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joplin	Webb City
No high school diploma	9.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	31.9%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joplin	Webb City
Drove alone	78.4%	81.3%
Carpooled	9.8%	8.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	7.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joplin	Webb City
1-unit, detached	71.8%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	10.2%
20 or more units	6.8%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Joplin	Webb City
Poverty rate	17.9%	20.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	18	16
Median year structure built	1984	1987