Joplin vs Sage Creek Colony

A side-by-side comparison of Joplin and Sage Creek Colony: population, income, housing, and more.

Joplin and Sage Creek Colony are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Joplin has the higher population (269 vs 28 in Sage Creek Colony). Since 2019, Joplin's population has grown faster (+23.4% vs -55.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Joplin	Sage Creek Colony
Population	269	28
Median age	31.4 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,292	—
Median home value	$102,400	—
Housing units	98	2
Homeownership rate	82.6%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joplin	Sage Creek Colony
Population	218 → 269 (+23.4%)	63 → 28 (-55.6%)
Median household income	$48,603 → $67,292 (+38.5%)	—
Median home value	$111,600 → $102,400 (-8.2%)	—

Joplin

Population

218269

Median household income

$48,603$67,292

Median home value

$111,600$102,400

Sage Creek Colony

Population

6328

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joplin	Sage Creek Colony
Under 5	14.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	32.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	100.0%
35 to 44	17.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	4.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	6.3%	0.0%
75 and over	1.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joplin	Sage Creek Colony
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joplin	Sage Creek Colony
No high school diploma	17.7%	53.6%
High school graduate	13.5%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joplin	Sage Creek Colony
Drove alone	83.3%	0.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	100.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joplin	Sage Creek Colony
1-unit, detached	71.4%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	100.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Joplin	Sage Creek Colony
Poverty rate	30.9%	100.0%
Average household size	3.13	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1966	—