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

C−UnionSafer than 15% of U.S. towns CWebb CitySafer than 27% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−UnionBetter than 50% of districts in the state AWebb CityBetter than 89% of districts in the state

Health

C+UnionHealthier than 42% of U.S. towns CWebb CityHealthier than 34% of U.S. towns

11Union

12Webb City

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

Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #179#42 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 85 towns #4#40 Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #165#84 Best schoolsSchools · 226 towns #124#49 Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #20#84 Lowest property taxCost of living · 259 towns #159#78 Most trailsOutdoors · 151 towns #116#70 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #141#74

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

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $220 more a month in Union

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%

Union$1,540/mo

Typical home $260K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.85% · or rent about $858/mo · Housing →

Webb City$1,330/mo

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

The difference: $220 a month, about $2,600 a year, between Union and Webb City.

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.

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

UnionWebb City

Snow a year14″8″

January low23°F 25°F

July high91°F 90°F

Growing season (days)194d 206d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)64th 59th

Outdoors & history

UnionWebb City

Trails2 mi 5 mi

Conserved land2.2%2.7%

Settled1826 —

National Register places—3

Archive photos7 9

Famous people born here3 9

Community

UnionWebb City

Library hours a week61 hrs 55 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

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

210 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

UnionMO Webb CityMO

Union ↔ Webb City210 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

UnionWebb City

People

Population 12,781Lowest 13,221Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +21%Highest MO: +2.8% +18.5%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 33.3±2.6Highest 15% below MO 31.9±3.5Lowest 18% below MO

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

Kids under 18 26.4%±3.6Lowest MO: 22.3% 26.7%±4Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 12.4%±1.7Lowest MO: 17.9% 13.5%±2.2Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.7%Lowest MO: 32.4% 26.7%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.2%±1.1Lowest MO: 5.7% 6.4%±1.9Highest MO: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $73,435±$8kHighest 4% above MO $65,469±$7kLowest 7% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $205,200±$10kHighest 11% below MO $169,100±$9kLowest 27% below MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $858±$53Lowest 17% below MO $1,008±$99Highest about the MO average

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,739Highest 11% below MO $1,130Lowest 42% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 24.8%±7.5Lowest MO: 45.6% 42.6%±11.9Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 8.1%Lowest MO: 12.6% 20.5%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 60.6%Highest MO: 68.1% 58.2%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1996Highest 18 yrs newer than MO 1982Lowest 4 yrs newer than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest about the MO average 17 minLowest 26% below MO

Work from home 9%±2.7Highest MO: 13% 6.5%±2.2Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 18.5%Highest 10.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 24.8 miHighest 6.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.04Highest 0.80Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Washington (12%)Joplin (40%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.2%Lowest 2.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.3 miLowest 4.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Highest 6Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 61.1Lowest 81.9Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #124 of 226 in MO #49 of 226 in MO

School district UNION R-XIWEBB CITY R-VII

High school in town Union HighWebb City High

Students per teacherat that high school 15.4Lowest 15.6Highest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Union vs Webb City

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Webb City places higher on 12 of 23 MO lists

A typical home costs $220 more a month in Union

What daily life feels like in each

210 miles apart

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