How the Joplin, MO-KS metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Joplin, MO-KS metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202631 of 32 ZIP codes scored · 0.20M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Joplin, MO-KS metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 31 of 31- 14,51864834in Carl Junction · 10,586 residents51.21
- 17,46866770in Riverton · 1,047 residents49.14
- 18,97966782in West Mineral · 164 residents47.95
- 19,32964849in Neck City · 187 residents47.69
- 20,23564833in Avilla · 70 residents46.94
- 20,73564870in Webb City · 16,186 residents46.52
- 21,12664855in Oronogo · 3,039 residents46.19
- 21,83664857in Purcell · 396 residents45.53
- 22,21466725in Columbus · 4,991 residents45.19
- 22,55464832in Asbury · 1,286 residents44.87
- 22,86464840in Diamond · 3,325 residents44.54
- 23,34666724in Cherokee · 935 residents44.07
- 23,60364804in Joplin · 37,016 residents43.81
- 23,82666739in Galena · 5,025 residents43.57
- 23,89964858in Racine · 586 residents43.51
- 24,41364755in Jasper · 2,332 residents42.96
- 24,53664859in Reeds · 1,212 residents42.81
- 24,62666773in Roseland · 587 residents42.72
- 24,66564835in Carterville · 2,074 residents42.68
- 24,78464841in Duenweg · 1,381 residents42.54
- 24,96764850in Neosho · 25,126 residents42.31
- 25,47266781in Weir · 1,183 residents41.70
- 25,81264865in Seneca · 5,692 residents41.29
- 25,95864830in Alba · 624 residents41.10
- 26,66564862in Sarcoxie · 3,173 residents40.15
- 26,85464801in Joplin · 36,287 residents39.86
- 27,15364842in Fairview · 775 residents39.38
- 27,50564866in Newtonia · 1,113 residents38.85
- 27,84466713in Baxter Springs · 5,635 residents38.31
- 28,49564844in Granby · 4,796 residents37.05
- 28,60864836in Carytown · 26,562 residents36.84
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 31 of 31- 28,60864836in Carytown · 26,562 residents36.84
- 28,49564844in Granby · 4,796 residents37.05
- 27,84466713in Baxter Springs · 5,635 residents38.31
- 27,50564866in Newtonia · 1,113 residents38.85
- 27,15364842in Fairview · 775 residents39.38
- 26,85464801in Joplin · 36,287 residents39.86
- 26,66564862in Sarcoxie · 3,173 residents40.15
- 25,95864830in Alba · 624 residents41.10
- 25,81264865in Seneca · 5,692 residents41.29
- 25,47266781in Weir · 1,183 residents41.70
- 24,96764850in Neosho · 25,126 residents42.31
- 24,78464841in Duenweg · 1,381 residents42.54
- 24,66564835in Carterville · 2,074 residents42.68
- 24,62666773in Roseland · 587 residents42.72
- 24,53664859in Reeds · 1,212 residents42.81
- 24,41364755in Jasper · 2,332 residents42.96
- 23,89964858in Racine · 586 residents43.51
- 23,82666739in Galena · 5,025 residents43.57
- 23,60364804in Joplin · 37,016 residents43.81
- 23,34666724in Cherokee · 935 residents44.07
- 22,86464840in Diamond · 3,325 residents44.54
- 22,55464832in Asbury · 1,286 residents44.87
- 22,21466725in Columbus · 4,991 residents45.19
- 21,83664857in Purcell · 396 residents45.53
- 21,12664855in Oronogo · 3,039 residents46.19
- 20,73564870in Webb City · 16,186 residents46.52
- 20,23564833in Avilla · 70 residents46.94
- 19,32964849in Neck City · 187 residents47.69
- 18,97966782in West Mineral · 164 residents47.95
- 17,46866770in Riverton · 1,047 residents49.14
- 14,51864834in Carl Junction · 10,586 residents51.21
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Joplin, MO-KS metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.
The highest-standing fifth
7 of 31 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
3 ZIP codes tie at this end: 64804 Joplin64850 Neosho66725 Columbus
Standing highest: 64834 Carl Junction64849 Neck City64870 Webb City
Each fifth is about 7 of this metro’s 31 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 203,391 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.
The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.
Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.
Why this matters
The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Joplin, MO-KS figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.
A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.