Joplin, Missouri

About Joplin

Joplin is a thriving city in southwestern Missouri counting 53,605 people who proudly call it home.

Officially, Joplin is an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 38.08 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 1,408 residents per square mile.

📰 Joplin News Today

• Missouri child abuse investigators are overwhelmed again as backlogs return missouriindependent.com · Aug 17
• Floyd Lee Ellison Obituary | Thornhill-Dillon Mortuary | Joplin, MO Tribute Archive · Aug 17
• What is the unemployment rate in the Joplin, MO area right now? USAFacts · Jul 29
• In Joplin, a tornado took ‘things you remember.’ But the city’s civic bonds endure. The Christian Science Monitor · Jul 21
• 15 Years After the Joplin Tornado: Stories of Resilience and Recovery in Disaster Relief Procter & Gamble · May 19

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Joplin Unique

• A top-25 city in Missouri by population (#12 of 938 incorporated places).
• Positioned in southwestern Missouri, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Home to 1.3% of Missouri's city-dwelling population.

Why People Love It Here

• The sweet spot: real amenities without big-city congestion.
• Local businesses and schools anchored by a stable resident base of 53,605.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Joplin

• Orient Express — chinese
• 1988
• Gringos — mexican
• Joplin Avenue Coffee Company (café)
• Logan's Roadhouse — american
• Red Onion Cafe (café)
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Tokyo Japanese Steakhouse
• Woody's Wood Fired Pizza — pizza

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Dorothea B. Hoover Historical Museum · Museum
• Everett J. Ritchie Tri-State Mineral Museum · Museum
• Joplin History & Mineral Museum · Museum
• Pennington Station · Arcade
• Joplin Union Depot · Attraction
• National Historical Cookie Cutter Exhibit · Art gallery
• Rose Gallery of Fine Art · Art gallery
• Schifferdecker home · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Joplin

• Joplin Athletic Complex reviews ★
• Mineral Park reviews ★
• Spring Greenway reviews ★
• Butterfly Garden and Overlook · Garden reviews ★
• Cunningham Park reviews ★
• Ewert Park reviews ★
• Landreth Park reviews ★
• Leonard Park reviews ★
• Murphy Boulevard Park reviews ★
• Parr Hill Park reviews ★
• Schifferdecker Park reviews ★
• Spiva Arts Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Joplin

• COLLEGE VIEW SCHOOL
• EAST MIDDLE
• EASTMORLAND ELEM.
• FRANKLIN TECHNOLOGY CTR.
• GATEWAY SCHOOL
• JEFFERSON ELEM.
• JOPLIN HIGH
• KELSEY NORMAN ELEM.
• MCKINLEY ELEM.
• NORTH MIDDLE
• ROYAL HEIGHTS ELEM.
• SOARING HEIGHTS ELEM.
• SOUTH MIDDLE
• STAPLETON ELEM.

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare

• Freeman Health System - Freeman West ★★ (2/5 CMS rating) · 24/7 ER
• Mercy Hospital Joplin ★ (1/5 CMS rating) · 24/7 ER

Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Joplin

🏘️ Nearby Communities