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Glendale vs Webster Groves

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: jobs per worker (3.4× in Webster Groves) and household income (+48% in Glendale).

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Glendale, MOHomes around $574KMissouri · 6,114 people
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Webster Groves, MOAn outdoors townMissouri · 23,712 people
Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $740 more a month in Glendale

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.

Glendale$3,550/mo
Typical home $574K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.14% · Housing →
Webster Groves$2,820/mo
Typical home $445K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.30% · or rent about $1,650/mo · Housing →

The difference: $740 a month, about $8,800 a year, between Glendale and Webster Groves.

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.

Where they are

Glendale and Webster Groves share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

GlendaleWebster GrovesGlendaleWebster Groves
Glendale ↔ Webster Groves1.6 miles apart · They share a border
Who commutes between them
52 Glendale residents work in Webster Groves (2% of its workers)
Work & commute in Glendale →
Report cards

Glendale places higher on 14 of 19 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.

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
GlendaleWebster Groves
Snow a year10″10″
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)48th57th
Outdoors & history
GlendaleWebster Groves
Trails2 mi4 mi
Conserved land0.1%3.1%
National Register places212
Archive photos36
Famous people born here—24
Community
GlendaleWebster Groves
Library hours a week—66 hrs
Colleges in town—2
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined10

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.

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.

GlendaleWebster Groves
People
Population 6,114Lowest 23,712Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4.2%Lowest MO: +2.8% +4.4%Highest MO: +2.8%
Median age 38.8±3.9Lowest about the MO average 40.3±1.1Highest 3% above MO
Webster Groves and Glendale are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 29.4%±5.4Highest MO: 22.3% 22.6%±2.2Lowest MO: 22.3%
Glendale and Webster Groves are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 18.3%±4.8Lowest MO: 17.9% 19.3%±1.9Highest MO: 17.9%
Webster Groves and Glendale are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 90.1%Highest MO: 32.4% 68.8%Lowest MO: 32.4%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.1%±2.5Lowest MO: 5.7% 9%±1.5Highest MO: 5.7%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $170,700±$29kHighest 141% above MO $115,227±$7kLowest 63% above MO
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $494,000±$37kHighest 115% above MO $387,600±$13kLowest 68% above MO
Rentmedian gross, monthly — $1,650±$354 60% above MO
Property taxmedian, yearly $5,611Highest 188% above MO $5,049Lowest 159% above MO
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±53.1Lowest MO: 45.6% 55.9%±5.1Highest MO: 45.6%
Webster Groves and Glendale are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 2%Lowest MO: 12.6% 4.2%Highest MO: 12.6%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 96.1%Highest MO: 68.1% 76.1%Lowest MO: 68.1%
Typical home builtmedian year 1951Lowest 27 yrs older than MO 1952Highest 26 yrs older than MO
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 19 minLowest 20% below MO 19 minHighest 19% below MO
Work from home 35.1%±8.8Highest MO: 13% 25.9%±4.7Lowest MO: 13%
Glendale and Webster Groves are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 1.6%Lowest 7.3%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 mi 7.3 mi
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.28Lowest 0.96Highest
Top workplaceoutside town St. Louis (21%)St. Louis (23%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others 2% work in Webster GrovesFew work in Glendale
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0.1%Lowest 3.1%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 1.7 miLowest 4.3 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.3 miHighest 0.7 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 16Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 150Highest 149Lowest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #12 of 226 in MO#14 of 226 in MO
School district KIRKWOOD R-VIIWEBSTER 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
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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.

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