St. Joseph, MO-KS, Missouri: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+38%. Republican peak: R+38 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+38MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 120,0122024 5-year
- Median household income
- $65,6222024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+28 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+38 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for St. Joseph, MO-KS, MOOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 16,406 | 36,797 | 54,158 | ||
| R | 17,412 | 36,509 | 55,048 | ||
| R | 15,469 | 34,131 | 53,179 | ||
| R | 20,339 | 29,587 | 51,200 | ||
| R | 25,316 | 29,650 | 56,077 | ||
| R | 23,640 | 30,379 | 54,505 | ||
| R | 22,576 | 25,393 | 49,723 | ||
| D | 21,384 | 19,480 | 47,019 | ||
| D | 22,052 | 16,824 | 52,998 | ||
| D | 24,991 | 22,768 | 47,988 | ||
| R | 20,252 | 28,993 | 49,285 | ||
| R | 22,220 | 24,826 | 49,327 | ||
| D | 23,920 | 23,784 | 48,085 | ||
| R | 15,110 | 31,652 | 46,859 | ||
| R | 20,275 | 24,013 | 48,118 | ||
| D | 31,578 | 17,726 | 49,320 | ||
| R | 24,598 | 30,530 | 55,140 | ||
| R | 23,846 | 29,588 | 53,446 | ||
| R | 24,906 | 33,323 | 58,305 | ||
| D | 29,139 | 21,027 | 50,267 | ||
| D | 25,567 | 24,735 | 50,335 | ||
| D | 32,032 | 29,144 | 61,252 | ||
| D | 37,956 | 26,562 | 64,755 | ||
| D | 34,391 | 21,923 | 56,697 | ||
| R | 17,622 | 32,042 | 49,760 | ||
| R | 20,847 | 27,563 | 51,709 | ||
| R | 21,753 | 27,474 | 49,738 | ||
| D | 16,389 | 14,314 | 31,310 | ||
| D | 13,288 | 8,457 | 27,232 | ||
| R | 14,363 | 14,573 | 29,373 | ||
| R | 11,747 | 15,138 | 27,542 | ||
| R | 14,031 | 14,818 | 29,323 | ||
| R | 13,026 | 13,245 | 26,503 | ||
| R | 9,826 | 9,880 | 23,223 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
23.2%
English
12.1%
Irish
11.5%
American
6.3%
Scottish
1.9%
French
1.5%
Polish
1.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 39.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$65,622
St. Joseph, MO-KS ranks near the middle of US counties.
St. Joseph, MO-KS$65,622
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.0%
Working age (18–64)12.9%
Seniors (65+)10.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.9%
speak English only
Spanish3.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
St. Joseph spans the Missouri-Kansas border and has trended toward Republican margins in presidential cycles, driven by a blue-collar workforce and rural hinterlands that increasingly outweigh its small urban Democratic base.
The Democratic margin in St. Joseph, MO-KS peaked at twenty-eight points in 1964. By 2000 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was thirty-eight points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $65,622 sits well below state and national norms, and 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
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Frequently asked questions
How did St. Joseph, MO-KS, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, St. Joseph, MO-KS, Missouri voted Republican by 37.7 points (R+38), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 54,158 votes cast, 16,406 went Democratic and 36,797 went Republican.
What is St. Joseph, MO-KS, Missouri's political archetype?
Akashic classifies St. Joseph, MO-KS, Missouri as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 12 times, Republican 22 times, and other 0 times.
When did St. Joseph, MO-KS, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which St. Joseph, MO-KS, Missouri voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in St. Joseph, MO-KS, Missouri?
St. Joseph, MO-KS, Missouri has a population of 120,012 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in St. Joseph, MO-KS, Missouri?
Median household income in St. Joseph, MO-KS, Missouri is $65,622 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of St. Joseph, MO-KS, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in St. Joseph, MO-KS, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.