St. Joseph is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 70,656 people and 23 associated neighborhoods, St. Joseph is the eighth largest community in Missouri.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, St. Joseph is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, St. Joseph is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Joseph who work in office and administrative support (12.27%), sales jobs (9.05%), and management occupations (6.85%). One of the benefits of St. Joseph is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.82 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.The citizens of St. Joseph are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.76% of adults in St. Joseph having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in St. Joseph in 2022 was $30,667, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,668 for a family of four. However, St. Joseph contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. St. Joseph is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call St. Joseph home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Joseph residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in St. Joseph include German, Irish, English, Polish, and French. The most common language spoken in St. Joseph is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
