Joplin, Missouri
Joplin's owner of record is open: the City of Joplin's own GIS server republishes the Jasper and Newton County assessor parcel rolls, owner names included, free and without a login, while the county's Beacon site charges for detail.
7 buildings · 7 with an owner established · 17 sources · 6 tier A · 1 tier B · prepared 2026-11-01
Missouri records title by deed with each county's Recorder of Deeds; there is no state title register. Joplin straddles Jasper County (most of the city) and Newton County (the south side). Jasper County's Beacon site is free to view but 'detailed assessment information' needs a paid membership ($10 a day, $75 a month, $300 a year); the Recorder's online index opens with a guest login and document images need a $200-a-month subscription. The City of Joplin's own GIS server, however, publishes both counties' parcel rolls with owner name and mailing address, free and with no login. Missouri deeds carry no price, but the Jasper roll the City publishes carries a sale price on about one parcel in five.
The marquee buildings
The towers that set the tone of the core, and who holds them. A price is the price a document states, on the date it states — not an estimate of what the building is worth now.
| Building | Use | Owner | Owner type | Last price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joplin City Hall (former Newman Mercantile store) 602 S Main St |
Civic | City of Joplin The Jasper County roll the City publishes names JOPLIN CITY on parcel 19-2.0-03-40-056-001.000 at 602 Main (0.27 acres by geometry; no sale recorded). The Joplin Convention & Visitors Bureau gives City Hall's address as 602 S. Main Street (s7), and Wikipedia says the Newman Mercantile store 'has been adapted for use as City Hall' (s15). |
Government | —A |
| Joplin Regional Airport (JLN) 300 N Colonial Dr (terminal parcel) |
Civic | City of Joplin Two city parcels carry the airfield: JOPLIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT at 300 N Colonial Dr (467.2 acres) and JOPLIN CITY 'AIRPORT' (462.4 acres), plus a 25.2-acre JOPLIN CITY parcel on Airport Dr; about 955 acres in all, exempt, no sale recorded. Wikipedia's infobox gives the owner as City of Joplin, opened April 1940, two runways of 6,501 and 6,502 ft, and 34,450 passengers in the 12 months to October 2024 (FAA) (s6). |
Government | —A |
| Northpark Mall 101 N Range Line Rd 892,580 sq ft total centre; 274,856 sq ft in-line GLA · 1 floors |
Retail | CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. 100% CBL's FY2025 10-K lists Northpark Mall, Joplin, MO at 100% ownership, 892,580 sq ft, in-line sales of $382 per sq ft and 74% of in-line GLA leased; anchors include Dunham's, H&M, JC Penney, T.J. Maxx, Vintage Stock and the Joplin Expo Center, with former Macy's and Sears boxes (s8). The roll holds the mall in 10 parcels, 81.2 acres, as NORTHPARK MALL (main 52.7-acre parcel), NORTHPARK MALL/JOPLIN % CBL & ASSOCIATES MANAGEMENT INC, and CBL NORTHPARK MALL OP PROPCO, II and III (sale dated 25 Oct 2021, no price) (s1). |
REIT | —A |
| Mercy Hospital Joplin 100 Mercy Way (I-44 and Hearnes Blvd) |
Institutional | Mercy Health System-Joplin, Inc. The Newton County roll names MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM-JOPLIN, INC. on parcel 05-7.0-26-002-001-001.000, 92.43 acres, assessed at $0 (exempt), at the hospital's coordinates (s2). Wikipedia: the former St. John's Regional Medical Center was wrecked by the May 2011 tornado; Mercy rebuilt at I-44 and Hearnes Boulevard and opened in 2015, and the old site became Mercy Park, 'deeded to the city of Joplin' (s10). Mercy holds 10 parcels, 133.1 acres, in the city. |
Institution | —A |
| Freeman Health System, Freeman West campus 1102 W 32nd St (McIntosh Circle parcels) |
Institutional | Freeman Health System Wikipedia: Freeman West at 1102 West 32nd Street, a 339-bed teaching hospital; Freeman is the area's largest employer with over 3,000 staff (s11). The Newton roll holds the campus around McIntosh Circle under FREEMAN HOSPITAL (19.52 acres, exempt), FREEMAN MEDICAL CENTER (21.3 acres at 1020 McIntosh Circle, assessed $524,220) and FREEMAN HEALTH SYSTEM(S). In all 49 parcels, 163.9 acres, in Joplin (41 in Newton) (s2). The campus-to-parcel match is by location. |
Institution | —B |
| Missouri Southern State University E Newman Rd / N Duquesne Rd |
Institutional | Missouri Southern State University The roll names MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE COLLEGE (and STATE UNIVERSITY variants) on 9 parcels, 356.9 acres by geometry, led by 136.1 acres on E Newman Rd and 105.5 acres adjoining; no sales recorded (s1). Wikipedia gives a 373-acre campus and 4,087 students (fall 2023) for the state university (s13). |
Government | —A |
| Kansas City University, Joplin (Farber-McIntire) campus 2901 S St. John's Blvd |
Institutional | Kansas City University KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY holds 10 parcels, 51.2 acres, led by 42.02 acres at 2901 S St. Johns Blvd (s1). Wikipedia: KCU opened its Joplin campus in 2017 and a College of Dental Medicine there in 2023 (s12); the post-tornado temporary hospital building 'is now the home of the Kansas City University-Joplin College of Osteopathic Medicine' (s10). |
Institution | —A |
The core land
The most valuable ground in the city, and what the public record says about it.
Neither county roll the City publishes carries market value for Jasper County, which holds 20,654 of Joplin's 23,864 parcels; the Newton County layer carries assessed value. 'Joplin' here means Jasper parcels with a City PIN or in tax districts 114-116, plus Newton parcels in city districts JPCTY/JPNLB (about 20,640 acres by geometry). Sale prices on the Jasper layer are the County's figures as published; they are not a full sales record. Read 1 Nov 2026.
Who owns the town
At this scale the significant owner is rarely a trust or a fund: it is one or two local holding companies, a family in its second or third generation, and often the land around the town rather than the buildings in it.
Joplin's largest holders are public and institutional. The City holds more ground than anyone, about 2,400 acres including the ~955-acre airport, and its Industrial Development Authority another 535. Then come the state university, the two hospital systems and the roofing maker TAMKO. Figures are parcels and acres by geometry inside Joplin on the two county rolls, read 1 Nov 2026 (s1, s2).
| Name | Type | Holdings in Joplin |
|---|---|---|
| City of Joplin Held as JOPLIN CITY, CITY OF JOPLIN, JOPLIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT and similar; 291 on the Jasper side, 48 on the Newton side. Largest: the airport parcels (467.2 and 462.4 acres). |
Government | 339 parcels, about 2,389 acresA |
| Industrial Development Authority of the City of Joplin Variants include INDUSTRIAL DEVEL AUTH OF CITY OF JOPLIN % CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (two parcels, about 330 acres) and JOPLIN INDUSTRIAL DEV CORP (3000 Old Scotland Rd, 123 acres). |
Government | 12 parcels, about 535 acresA |
| Missouri Southern State University State university campus; see marquee. Other State of Missouri and Highways & Transportation Commission parcels: 12, 45.2 acres. |
Government | 9 parcels, 356.9 acresA |
| Acme Land Company Mostly large unaddressed county-road tracts (74.5, 46.4, 40 and 40 acres); sales dated 2018 and 2023, no price shown. |
Private company | 14 parcels, 283.6 acresA |
| TAMKO Building Products (and TAMKO Asphalt / Roofing / Realty) Largest: 601 N High Ave (42.7 acres) and Rangeline & Newman Rd (39.4 acres). |
Private company | 87 parcels, 220.2 acresA |
| Joplin Schools (Joplin R-VIII School District) Held under six spellings (JOPLIN SCHOOLS, JOPLIN SCHOOL DISTRICT, JOPLIN R-VIII...). |
Government | 99 parcels, 209.1 acresA |
| Freeman Health System 41 on the Newton side around the Freeman West campus; see marquee. |
Institution | 49 parcels, 163.9 acresA |
| The Empire District Electric Company Largest: 37.5 acres (Newton side, assessed $2.52M) and 4701 32nd St (35.8 acres). Missouri American Water holds 16 parcels, 86.9 acres; Spire Missouri 8 parcels, 4.3 acres. Its corporate parent is not stated on the roll. |
Private company | 24 parcels, 141.7 acresA |
| Mercy Health System-Joplin, Inc. Led by the 92.43-acre hospital parcel; see marquee. |
Institution | 10 parcels, 133.1 acresA |
| Ozark Christian College Kansas City University holds 10 parcels, 51.2 acres. |
Institution | 4 parcels, 130.4 acresA |
| Railroads: Kansas City Southern (Joplin Union Depot Co), BNSF, Union Pacific JOPLIN UNION DEPOT CO % KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN and KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO 14 parcels (23.7 acres); BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE RR 6 (7.0); UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO 4 (4.5). Rights-of-way are mostly unparcelled. |
Public company | 24 parcels, 35.2 acresA |
| Joplin Housing Authority Largest 7.1 acres and 5.9 acres (1800 block of 23rd). |
Government | 8 parcels, 19.7 acresA |
| Federal and county Jasper County figure counts JASPER COUNTY, JASPER COUNTY TRUSTEE and COURTHOUSE names only. |
Government | USPS 8 parcels (3.1 acres); U S A Army Training Center 1 (5.8 acres); Jasper County 18 (4.3 acres)A |
Who builds the houses
New-home building in this market: the volume, and the firms behind it. Ownership of a builder matters as much as its volume — a private-equity platform and a family firm behave differently.
Joplin permitted 214 new housing units in 2025: 168 single-family houses ($36.8M construction value), 34 units in 17 duplexes and 12 units in 3 three-to-four-unit buildings; no buildings of five or more units (Census Building Permits Survey, s14). Nearby Carl Junction permitted 29 houses, Webb City 23, Neosho 24. No builder league table exists; the figures below count parcels each builder holds in its own name on the two county rolls inside Joplin, which are lots and unsold homes, not closings. No national builder (D.R. Horton, Lennar and the like) and no national single-family-rental REIT appears on the Joplin roll.
| Name | Type | Parcels held in Joplin |
|---|---|---|
| Schuber Mitchell Homes, LLC Held as SCHUBER MITCHELL HOMES (LLC) and SCHUBER MITCHELL OFFICES LLC; 43 on the Jasper side, 3 on the Newton side. No source we opened names its owners. |
Private company | 46 parcels, 43.8 acresA |
| Union City Homes All on the Jasper side; small infill lots. |
Private company | 39 parcels, 5.9 acresA |
| Teeter Development All on the Jasper side. |
Developer | 34 parcels, 5.4 acresA |
| Joplin Area Habitat for Humanity, Inc. Non-profit builder; all on the Jasper side. |
Institution | 32 parcels, 5.4 acresA |
| RKS Development, LLC (and II, III, IV) 20 of the 23 on the Newton side (south Joplin). |
Developer | 23 parcels, 50.2 acresA |
| GSB Homes, LLC Jasper side. |
Private company | 23 parcels, 4.0 acresA |
| Mayberry Brothers Construction, LLC 15 on the Newton side, 8 on the Jasper side. |
Private company | 23 parcels, 11.8 acresA |
Commercial landlords
The commercial side, counted separately from housing: who holds the office, retail and industrial floor area.
Joplin's commercial ground runs along Range Line Road and E 32nd St. One listed REIT, CBL, owns the regional mall; the rest is held by regional retail developers, big-box chains in their own names, and local rental companies. Counts are parcels on the two county rolls inside Joplin (s1, s2); single-family rental holders are local LLCs, not national platforms.
| Name | Type | Holdings in Joplin |
|---|---|---|
| CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. Roll names NORTHPARK MALL, NORTHPARK MALL/JOPLIN % CBL & ASSOCIATES MANAGEMENT INC and CBL NORTHPARK MALL OP PROPCO I-III; 10-K figures from s8. |
REIT | Northpark Mall: 10 parcels, 81.2 acres; 892,580 sq ftA |
| Woodsonia Real Estate, Inc. (entities) WOODSONIA JOPLIN, LLC at 3129 Hammons Blvd (18.47 acres, $4.41M assessed, the highest on the Newton side); PROSPECT VILLAGE % WOODSONIA REAL ESTATE behind Home Depot on Range Line (55.7 acres, sale 23 Dec 2024); PV GENEVA LLC and 3323 E 32ND STREET LLC (2025 sales). |
Developer | 4 parcels, 78.1 acresA |
| Chase Shopping Centers (RAF Joplin; Chase Colton Plaza) RAF JOPLIN % CHASE SHOPPING CENTERS INC, 530 S Rangeline, 11.87 acres, recorded price $10,662,073 on 6 Oct 2017; CHASE COLTON PLAZA, 420 N Range Line Rd, $2,200,000 on 29 Oct 2010. |
Private company | 2 parcels, 17.9 acresA |
| Fletcher Realty Includes 3015 Turkey Creek ($4,850,000, 13 Oct 2009) and 3111 E 32nd Rd ($4,293,686, 3 Apr 2007). |
Private company | 7 parcels, 36.7 acresA |
| Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust Largest: 1501 S Rangeline & 3226 E 17th (24.6 acres). Menard, Inc. holds 2 parcels (26.5 acres) on the Newton side, assessed $4.40M on the larger. |
Public company | 8 parcels, 59.9 acresA |
| Parker Properties & Investments The largest rental-portfolio name on the roll; 67 on the Jasper side. Others: S Anglin & Associates (70 parcels, 12.0 acres), Molandco Inc (52, 101.2 acres), White Dog Investments (35), Red Castle Property Management (30). No source we opened names the owners. |
Private company | 71 parcels, 30.7 acresA |
Looked for and not found
Claims this page would have made if a source could be opened. They are left out rather than guessed.
- Jasper County market and assessed values: on Beacon behind a paid membership; the City's Jasper layer carries no values, so no Jasper-side value total is given.
- The Durward G. Hall Federal Building (302 S Joplin Ave, s16): a point query at its coordinates returns parcels held by Economic Security Corp of Southwest Area and TAMKO Roofing Products; whether either is the courthouse building could not be confirmed, so no owner is recorded.
- Joplin city-limit boundary: parcels were assigned to Joplin by City PIN, tax district (Jasper) and city district (Newton), not by a boundary overlay; the City's city-limits layer sits on services1.arcgis.com, whose robots status is pending Jim's 403 ruling, and was not used.
- Who stands behind the local LLCs (Parker Properties & Investments, S Anglin & Associates, Woodsonia, SNH Joplin Inc): no source opened names them.
Sources
- City of Joplin GIS, hosted feature service 'Jasper County Parcels – May 2026' (JascoParcels52626_view), 62,322 parcels, read 1 Nov 2026 — City of Joplin, Missouri (data received from Jasper County) · openA
- City of Joplin GIS, hosted feature service Newton County 'Parcels' (Newton09212026_view), 32,452 parcels, read 1 Nov 2026 — City of Joplin, Missouri (data received from Newton County) · openA
- Jasper County GIS Department: Beacon membership costs — Jasper County, Missouri · openA
- Jasper County Recorder of Deeds — Jasper County, Missouri · openA
- ArcGIS Online item 'Jasper County Parcels – May 2026' (description and disclaimer) — City of Joplin GIS via ArcGIS Online · openA
- Joplin Regional Airport — Wikipedia · openA
- Murals at City Hall, 602 S. Main Street — Joplin Convention & Visitors Bureau (Visit Joplin) · openA
- CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal 2025 (Item 2 Properties: malls table) — U.S. SEC EDGAR · openA
- Northpark Mall (Missouri) — Wikipedia · openA
- Mercy Hospital Joplin — Wikipedia · openA
- Freeman Health System — Wikipedia · openA
- Kansas City University — Wikipedia · openA
- Missouri Southern State University — Wikipedia · openA
- Building Permits Survey, places, Midwest Region, annual 2025 (mw2025a.txt): Joplin, MO — U.S. Census Bureau · openA
- Joplin, Missouri — Wikipedia · openA
- Durward G. Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse — Wikipedia · openA
- City of Joplin GIS, hosted feature service 'Parcels091526' (Jasper County, 62,449 parcels, 15 Sept 2026 copy; same fields as s1; counted, not analysed) — City of Joplin, Missouri · openA