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Life is good in Joplin!  With a population of more than 47,000, Joplin still has a "hometown" feel of safe, pleasant, residential areas, friendly people and neighborhood schools.  Thanks to a market area of nearly 500,000 people though, Joplin offers a wide variety of shopping, medical care, services and job opportunities typically found in much larger cities.  Yes, the secret's out: the Joplin area is a wonderful place to work and live!

The cost of living in Joplin is highly competitive.  In fact, the American Chamber of Commerce Research Association Cost of Living Index repeatedly places Joplin's cost of living at nearly twelve percent below the national average, assuring Joplin's role as a community with the lowest cost of living metropolitan area in Missouri and on of the lowest cost metro areas in the country.