Best PlacesWebb City, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Webb City, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Webb City ranks 20,808th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Webb City
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Webb City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Webb City ranks high
- Cheap childcare$381 a month, better than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- Short commute18.6 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
Where Webb City ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 25% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Webb City
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Webb City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,006, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Webb City's effective rate of 0.67%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Webb City
Webb City runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Webb City.
Who works in Webb City, and how
Work in Webb City centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Webb City
Webb City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of towns and more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Webb City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Webb City, month by month
Webb City sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 73° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Webb City
The nearest airport, Joplin Regional, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 149 miles away.
The best schools in and around Webb City
Schools across Webb City average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pleasant Valley Elem.A · 70% proficient
- Eugene Field Elem.A · 70% proficient
- Mark Twain Elem.A · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Webb City MiddleA− · 53% proficient
- Webb City Jr. HighB · 47% proficient
- Carl Junction Jr. HighB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Carl Junction High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Webb City HighB− · 44% proficient
- Carthage High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Webb City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Webb City measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Webb City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Webb City
Is Webb City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Webb City ranks 20,808th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, walkability, and short commutes, and lowest on noise and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Webb City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,402. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $70,006 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Webb City safe?
Webb City is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $398 per resident a year.
Compare Webb City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Webb City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Webb City represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Webb City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Webb City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Webb City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Webb City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Webb City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Webb City detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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