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%

Overland$1,000/mo

Typical home $154K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.51% · or rent about $1,112/mo · Housing →

Webb City$1,330/mo

Typical home $229K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.67% · or rent about $1,008/mo · Housing →

The difference: $330 a month, about $3,900 a year, between Webb City and Overland.

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

Webb City places higher on 16 of 23 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

DOverlandSafer than 14% of U.S. towns CWebb CitySafer than 27% of U.S. towns

Schools

DOverlandBetter than 5% of districts in the state AWebb CityBetter than 89% of districts in the state

Health

C−OverlandHealthier than 21% of U.S. towns CWebb CityHealthier than 34% of U.S. towns

7Overland

16Webb City

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Best schoolsSchools · 226 towns #212#49 Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #204#84 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #157#28 Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #180#84 Lowest property taxCost of living · 259 towns #178#78 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 85 towns #67#40 Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #94#167 Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #92#152

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Overland’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

OverlandWebb City

Snow a year17″8″

January low24°F 25°F

July high90°F 90°F

Growing season (days)215d 206d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)43rd 59th

Outdoors & history

OverlandWebb City

Trails2 mi 5 mi

Conserved land2.5%2.7%

National Register places1 3

Archive photos12 9

Famous people born here7 9

Community

OverlandWebb City

Library hours a week—55 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

248 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

OverlandMO Webb CityMO

Overland ↔ Webb City248 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

OverlandWebb City

People

Population 15,695Highest 13,221Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.7%Lowest MO: +2.8% +18.5%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 34.7±4.7Highest 11% below MO 31.9±3.5Lowest 18% below MO

Overland and Webb City are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 22.5%±3.9Lowest MO: 22.3% 26.7%±4Highest MO: 22.3%

Webb City and Overland are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 13%±2.4Lowest MO: 17.9% 13.5%±2.2Highest MO: 17.9%

Webb City and Overland are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 29.6%Highest MO: 32.4% 26.7%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±1.4Lowest MO: 5.7% 6.4%±1.9Highest MO: 5.7%

Webb City and Overland are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $61,773±$5kLowest 13% below MO $65,469±$7kHighest 7% below MO

Webb City and Overland are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $131,900±$9kLowest 43% below MO $169,100±$9kHighest 27% below MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,112±$76Highest 8% above MO $1,008±$99Lowest about the MO average

Overland and Webb City are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,992Highest about the MO average $1,130Lowest 42% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49.3%±10.4Highest MO: 45.6% 42.6%±11.9Lowest MO: 45.6%

Overland and Webb City are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 9.7%Lowest MO: 12.6% 20.5%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 62.7%Highest MO: 68.1% 58.2%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1955Lowest 23 yrs older than MO 1982Highest 4 yrs newer than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minHighest 14% below MO 17 minLowest 26% below MO

Work from home 10.7%±2.5Highest MO: 13% 6.5%±2.2Lowest MO: 13%

Overland and Webb City are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 3.7%Lowest 10.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 miHighest 6.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.58Highest 0.80Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Louis (15%)Joplin (40%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Webb CityFew work in Overland

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.5%Lowest 2.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.7 miLowest 4.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Highest 6Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 107Highest 81.9Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #212 of 226 in MO #49 of 226 in MO

School district RITENOURWEBB CITY R-VII

High school in town None in townWebb City High

Students per teacherat that high school — 15.6

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.

Overland vs Webb City

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $330 more a month in Webb City

Webb City places higher on 16 of 23 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

248 miles apart

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