City safety & data profile

Saint JosephMO

Saint Joseph, MO is a 77K-resident city in Buchanan County with a median household income of $57,956.

Buchanan County, Missouri. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Saint Joseph, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Saint Joseph has a population larger than 89% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $154,200, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

77K
Population (place)
Top 11%
By size
$57,956
Median income (place)
$154,200
Median home (place)
17.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Saint Joseph

Saint Joseph posts a median household income higher than 19% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Saint Joseph area.

Bottom 20%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Saint Joseph

Where Saint Joseph income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$57,956 Bottom 19% higher than 19% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Saint Joseph $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MO

Population among 83 MO places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Kansas City is the largest MO city on this list; Town and Country leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MO

Median household income among the same 83-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Town and Country posts the highest place-level median income in MO; Kansas City is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Saint Joseph, MO beyond the headline numbers

Saint Joseph sits inside Buchanan County, Missouri, at roughly 39.77°N, -94.85°W. Population 76,780, $57,956 median household income. Median home value $154,200, median rent $898. Poverty rate 17.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Saint Joseph, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

17.7% of Saint Joseph, MO residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Saint Joseph runs about 2.7 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 7.1% of Saint Joseph workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.3% in Saint Joseph, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Saint Joseph from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
76,780
Saint Joseph · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$57,956
-35% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$154,200
-63% vs avg
Median Age (place)
38.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Buchanan County): Saint Joseph's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
84K-7%
Median Income
$62,158+40%
Median Home Value
$166,300+52%
Poverty Rate
16%-6%
Unemployment
4.1%-51%

Economics

Economics indicators for Saint Joseph, MO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$898/mo
Poverty Rate
17.7% +43% vs avg
Unemployment 4.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 23%
Work From Home 7.1%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 78.5%
African American 6.8%
Asian 1.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 5.1%

Health Profile 14 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
42.9%
Short Sleep Duration
39.7%
High Blood Pressure
37.5%
Physical Inactivity
33.1%
Current Smoking
19.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
19%
Frequent Physical Distress
16%
Binge Drinking
15.9%
Diabetes
13%
Current Asthma
11.1%

Preventive Care

Annual Checkup 77.6%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
11.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.6%
Stroke
4%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH
SAINT JOSEPH · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Saint Joseph?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Saint Joseph right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MO-SAINT-JOSEPH · Saint Joseph

Saint Joseph: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Saint Joseph; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Missouri state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Saint Joseph, MO? ▼
Saint Joseph, MO has a population of 76,780 people, located in Buchanan County, Missouri.
What is the median household income in Saint Joseph? ▼
The median household income in Saint Joseph, MO is $57,956 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 17.7%.
What is the median home value in Saint Joseph? ▼
The median home value in Saint Joseph, MO is $154,200. Median rent is $898/month.
What are the top health concerns in Saint Joseph? ▼
The top health indicators in Saint Joseph include Obesity (42.9%), Short Sleep Duration (39.7%), High Blood Pressure (37.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Saint Joseph? ▼
Saint Joseph has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Saint Joseph? ▼
The median age in Saint Joseph, MO is 38.1 years. 23% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Saint Joseph, both outside Missouri so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MO (17.7% here).

Winston-Salem, NC 17.7% Fayetteville, NC 17.7% Wichita Falls, TX 17.7% Montclair, CA 17.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MO ($57,956 here).

Lynchburg, VA $57,947 Watervliet, NY $57,919 Levelland, TX $58,000 Snyder, TX $57,902

Compare Saint Joseph with another city

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Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Atchison, KS 11K Leavenworth, KS 36K Lansing, KS 12K Maryville, MO 12K Gladstone, MO 27K Liberty, MO 30K Kansas City, KS 153K Kansas City, MO 475K
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Using Saint Joseph's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Buchanan County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.