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Place dossier plate
SheetMO-WEBSTER-GROVES-MO · Webster Groves, MO 23,771 pop · income 83rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Webster Groves
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Webster Groves on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Bayonet Point · lowest
42,157
Bayonet Point · lowest
42,157 median HH income
29.3% of the leader · rank #1
Northfield · near
110,714
Northfield · near
110,714 median HH income
77.0% of the leader · rank #2
Ponder · near
110,714
Ponder · near
110,714 median HH income
77.0% of the leader · rank #3
Webster Groves · this city
110,716
Webster Groves · this city
110,716 median HH income
77.0% of the leader · rank #4
South Lebanon · near
110,729
South Lebanon · near
110,729 median HH income
77.0% of the leader · rank #5
Chester Heigh… · near
110,729
Chester Heigh… · near
110,729 median HH income
77.0% of the leader · rank #6
Chantilly · highest
143,786
Chantilly · highest
143,786 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Webster Groves on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 23,771.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Webster Groves - the verdict
Nationally, Webster Groves sits in the 83rd percentile for household income and the 74th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
83rd
percentile, household income
74th
percentile, home value
7th
percentile, median rent
74th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Webster Groves, MO
Webster Groves is a small city in Missouri, home to 23,771 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Webster Groves brings in $110,716 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 1.7%. Webster Groves's housing stock carries a median value of $371,400, and the median resident age is 40.3 years. 68.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 63.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 13 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 81% from five years earlier. Webster Groves reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 769.2 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Missouri run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Missouri scores 90.8 (Well Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $972 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Missouri's average monthly utility costs around $219 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.6 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Webster Groves's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to housing and income to work and mobility to reported crime to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Webster Groves, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is Webster Groves growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -546 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -2.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 13 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in Webster Groves?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 1.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
What does the journey to work look like in Webster Groves?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 70.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Webster Groves?
Within Missouri, the closest population matches are Raymore (23,849 residents, $103,158 income); Nixa (24,131 residents, $80,491 income); Belton (24,618 residents, $70,525 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Roseburg, OR (23,773 residents); Belton, TX (23,769 residents); Fountain Hills, AZ (23,768 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Webster Groves?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 769.2 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 66% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
648.9
Violent rate
120.3
Total reported rate
769.2
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A+
68.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate A
1.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living A-
90.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income A-
$110,716
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime B-
120 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Webster Groves profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 97/100 (A+) · 68.8%
Poverty rate: 88/100 (A) · 1.7%
Cost of living: 83/100 (A-) · 90.8 index
Household income: 82/100 (A-) · $110,716
Violent crime: 66/100 (B-) · 120 /100k
Where Webster Groves sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Webster Groves's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Webster Groves highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Webster Groves, MO (this city): home $371,400, crime 769/100k
Roseburg, OR : home $266,600, crime 3,984/100k
Belton, TX : home $252,000, crime 2,036/100k
Highland, IN : home $219,500, crime 1,694/100k
Raymore, MO : home $318,000, crime 1,259/100k
Nixa, MO : home $238,300, crime 652/100k
Belton, MO : home $185,400, crime 2,207/100k
Hazelwood, MO : home $154,900, crime 3,011/100k
Ozark, MO : home $230,600, crime 764/100k
Sedalia, MO : home $136,500, crime 3,180/100k
How does Webster Groves compare to other US cities?
Where Webster Groves sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income83% higher than other cities
Home value74% pricier than other cities
Median rent7% pricier than other cities
Safety74% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Missouri and the picture shifts: Webster Groves ranks #48 of 234 Missouri cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Webster Groves against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Missouri only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Missouri-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Webster Groves near the bottom of Missouri's cities
Among the 875 Missouri cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Webster Groves ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Webster Groves only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#54 of 842
94th percentile in Missouri
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 875
0th percentile in Missouri
Median Home Value
#42 of 833
95th percentile in Missouri
Poverty Rate
#752 of 875
14th percentile in Missouri
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#18 of 875
98th percentile in Missouri
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Missouri only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
83rd percentile nationally for median household income · 74th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Webster Groves's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Webster Groves's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Webster Groves's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$371,40026th percentilemore affordable than 26% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Webster Groves's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,355 of 15,516
More affordable than 46% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,345 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.4×, Webster Groves sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,355 of 15,516 and #1,345 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$110,716Webster Groves, MO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Webster Groves, MO median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Webster Groves, MO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)68.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)63.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
23,771
Median Income
$110,716
Median Home Value
$371,400
Median Age
40.3
Poverty Rate
1.7%
Labor force participation
63.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
68.8%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
769.2
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
120.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
648.9
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Webster Groves's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
23,996 residents
2021
23,860 residents
2022
23,651 residents
2023
23,525 residents
2024
23,511 residents
2025
23,450 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
13
housing units authorized
Single-Family
13
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.5
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
69
25
44
$12.2M
2020
18
18
0
$6.9M
2021
14
14
0
$6.0M
2022
9
9
0
$3.7M
2023
9
9
0
$4.9M
2024
13
13
0
$7.6M
Permit volume decreased 81% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
70.9%
Carpool
4.1%
Public Transit
0.6%
Walk
2.0%
Work from Home
21.8%
Other
0.6%
Based on 11,979 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Missouri statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $219
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Missouri at $219 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Missouri statewide averages, not a meter reading for Webster Groves. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Missouri's BEA cost-of-living index is 90.8 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Webster Groves is $972/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Missouri statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.6 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Missouri statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Webster Groves sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Webster Groves compares to similar-size Missouri cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.