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About St. Joseph
City in Missouri, U.S.St. Joseph is a city in and the county seat of Buchanan County, Missouri, United States. Located on the Missouri River, it is the principal city of the St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Buchanan, Andrew, and DeKalb counties in Missouri and Doniphan County, Kansas. As of the 2020 census, St. Joseph had a population of 72,473, making it the 8th most populous city in the state, and the 3rd most populous in Northwest Missouri. St. Joseph is located roughly 30 miles (48 km) north of the Kansas City, Missouri city limits and approximately 125 miles (201 km) south of Omaha, Nebraska. The city was named after the town's founder Joseph Robidoux and the biblical Saint Joseph. I…
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Housing in St. Joseph
The typical St. Joseph home is worth about $184,000, up 5% in a year, 31% below the Missouri typical home.
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Safety in St. Joseph
Safety Grade D
St. Joseph reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 94% report less.
Schools in St. Joseph
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The public schools St. Joseph’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 83% of Missouri’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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