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%

Webb City$1,330/mo

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

Overland$1,000/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

16Webb City

7Overland

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

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

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

Webb CityOverland

Snow a year8″17″

January low25°F 24°F

July high90°F 90°F

Growing season (days)206d 215d

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

Outdoors & history

Webb CityOverland

Trails5 mi 2 mi

Conserved land2.7%2.5%

National Register places3 1

Archive photos9 12

Famous people born here9 7

Community

Webb CityOverland

Library hours a week55 hrs —

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

248 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Webb CityMO OverlandMO

Webb City ↔ Overland248 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

Webb CityOverland

People

Population 13,221Lowest 15,695Highest

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

Median age 31.9±3.5Lowest 18% below MO 34.7±4.7Highest 11% 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 26.7%±4Highest MO: 22.3% 22.5%±3.9Lowest 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+ 13.5%±2.2Highest MO: 17.9% 13%±2.4Lowest 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+ 26.7%Lowest MO: 32.4% 29.6%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.4%±1.9Highest MO: 5.7% 3.9%±1.4Lowest 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 $65,469±$7kHighest 7% below MO $61,773±$5kLowest 13% 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 $169,100±$9kHighest 27% below MO $131,900±$9kLowest 43% below MO

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

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 42.6%±11.9Lowest MO: 45.6% 49.3%±10.4Highest 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 20.5%Highest MO: 12.6% 9.7%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 6.5%±2.2Lowest MO: 13% 10.7%±2.5Highest 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 10.3%Highest 3.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.8 miLowest 7.3 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in OverlandFew work in Webb City

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.7%Highest 2.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.9 miHighest 1.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Lowest 8Highest

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

Schools

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

School district WEBB CITY R-VIIRITENOUR

High school in town Webb City HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 15.6 —

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

Deciding?

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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.

Webb City vs Overland

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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