St Joseph.
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Missouri·Buchanan County
25 tracts·68K people·$154K median·1,540/mi²
White 77 · Hispanic 8 · Black 7 · Multiracial 6 · Asian 1 · Other 1
Married couple 36 · Living alone 36 · Other 28
Manufacturing 29 · Health 24 · Retail 16 · Professional 15 · Leisure 9 · Public admin 4 · Other 2
Management · business · science · arts 30 · Production · transport 23 · Sales · office 21 · Service 19 · Construction · maintenance 7
Drive alone 79 · Carpool 23 · Work from home 7 · Walk 1 · Transit 0 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in St. Joseph is $154,200 (Census ACS) — 0.3× the US median of $458,812.
St. Joseph has 71,236 residents across 21 census tracts and 20 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 38.1; the population is 77.3% White, 8.4% Hispanic or Latino, 6.5% Black, 5.7% Multiracial, 1.2% Asian and 0.8% Other; the average household has 2.4 people; 23.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 17.7% (Census ACS).
OAK GROVE ELEM (62%), FIELD ELEM. (58%) and PERSHING ELEM. (48%) lead the elementary schools; BODE MIDDLE (47%), SPRING GARDEN MIDDLE (37%) and TRUMAN MIDDLE (28%) lead the middle schools; CENTRAL HIGH (45%), LAFAYETTE HIGH (35%) and BENTON HIGH (28%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $898/month, 43% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in St. Joseph is $57,956 a year, 33% below the US median (Census ACS).
In St. Joseph, median rent is $898/month and the median home value is $154,200 (Census ACS).
St. Joseph reported 7.5 violent crimes and 37.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 86°F; winter lows average 20°F; there are 68 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 36 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in St. Joseph are cold wave (92), tornado (92) and heat wave (91), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.07g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In St. Joseph, 1.2% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).