A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Ballwin$2,570/mo

Typical home $414K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.16% · or rent about $1,418/mo · Housing →

Webster Groves$2,820/mo

Typical home $445K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.30% · or rent about $1,650/mo · Housing →

The difference: $240 a month, about $2,900 a year, between Webster Groves and Ballwin.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Webster Groves places higher on 10 of 21 MO lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Missouri ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

A−BallwinSafer than 84% of U.S. towns A−Webster GrovesSafer than 75% of U.S. towns

Schools

ABallwinBetter than 90% of districts in the state AWebster GrovesBetter than 93% of districts in the state

Health

ABallwinHealthier than 94% of U.S. towns A+Webster GrovesHealthier than 95% of U.S. towns

7Ballwin

10Webster Groves

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #203#76 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 85 towns #41#83 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #197#70 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #120#92 Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #183#162 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #229#247 Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #24#7 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #69#81

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Ballwin’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BallwinWebster Groves

Snow a year10″10″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)57th 57th

Outdoors & history

BallwinWebster Groves

Trails1 mi 4 mi

Conserved land0.6%3.1%

Settled1804 —

National Register places—12

Archive photos3 12

Famous people born here3 24

Community

BallwinWebster Groves

Library hours a week—66 hrs

Colleges in town—2

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

11 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BallwinWebster Groves

Ballwin ↔ Webster Groves11 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Missouri average

BallwinWebster Groves

People

Population 31,279Highest 23,712Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +2.3%Lowest MO: +2.8% +4.4%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 42.6±2.8Highest 9% above MO 40.3±1.1Lowest 3% above MO

Ballwin and Webster Groves are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 22.3%±2.2Lowest MO: 22.3% 22.6%±2.2Highest MO: 22.3%

Webster Groves and Ballwin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 19.1%±2Lowest MO: 17.9% 19.3%±1.9Highest MO: 17.9%

Webster Groves and Ballwin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 65.2%Lowest MO: 32.4% 68.8%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.3%±1.4Lowest MO: 5.7% 9%±1.5Highest MO: 5.7%

Webster Groves and Ballwin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $124,626±$8kHighest 76% above MO $115,227±$7kLowest 63% above MO

Ballwin and Webster Groves are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $377,100±$10kLowest 64% above MO $387,600±$13kHighest 68% above MO

Webster Groves and Ballwin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,418±$70Lowest 37% above MO $1,650±$354Highest 60% above MO

Webster Groves and Ballwin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,374Lowest 125% above MO $5,049Highest 159% above MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 42.9%±11.6Lowest MO: 45.6% 55.9%±5.1Highest MO: 45.6%

Webster Groves and Ballwin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 4.8%Highest MO: 12.6% 4.2%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 84.2%Highest MO: 68.1% 76.1%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976Highest 2 yrs older than MO 1952Lowest 26 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 9% above MO 19 minLowest 19% below MO

Work from home 20.7%±2.6Lowest MO: 13% 25.9%±4.7Highest MO: 13%

Webster Groves and Ballwin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 3.5%Lowest 7.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.8 miHighest 7.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.44Lowest 0.96Highest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Louis (13%)St. Louis (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Webster GrovesFew work in Ballwin

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.6%Lowest 3.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.9 miLowest 4.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Lowest 16Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 132Lowest 149Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #24 of 226 in MO #14 of 226 in MO

School district PARKWAY C-2 · ROCKWOOD R-VIWEBSTER GROVES

High school in town None in townWebster Groves High

Students per teacherat that high school — 14.1

Missouri average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Ballwin vs Webster Groves

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $240 more a month in Webster Groves

Webster Groves places higher on 10 of 21 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

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