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 C−UnionSafer than 15% of U.S. towns

Schools

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

Health

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

12Webb City

11Union

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

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

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

Webb City$1,330/mo

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

Union$1,540/mo

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

Webb CityUnion

Snow a year8″14″

January low25°F 23°F

July high90°F 91°F

Growing season (days)206d 194d

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

Outdoors & history

Webb CityUnion

Trails5 mi 2 mi

Conserved land2.7%2.2%

Settled—1826

National Register places3 —

Archive photos9 7

Famous people born here9 3

Community

Webb CityUnion

Library hours a week55 hrs 61 hrs

Colleges in town—1

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

210 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Webb CityMO UnionMO

Webb City ↔ Union210 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 CityUnion

People

Population 13,221Highest 12,781Lowest

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

Median age 31.9±3.5Lowest 18% below MO 33.3±2.6Highest 15% 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 26.7%±4Highest MO: 22.3% 26.4%±3.6Lowest 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+ 13.5%±2.2Highest MO: 17.9% 12.4%±1.7Lowest 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+ 26.7%Highest MO: 32.4% 23.7%Lowest MO: 32.4%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $65,469±$7kLowest 7% below MO $73,435±$8kHighest 4% above 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 $169,100±$9kLowest 27% below MO $205,200±$10kHighest 11% below MO

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

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 42.6%±11.9Highest MO: 45.6% 24.8%±7.5Lowest 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 20.5%Highest MO: 12.6% 8.1%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 6.5%±2.2Lowest MO: 13% 9%±2.7Highest 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 10.3%Lowest 18.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.8 miLowest 24.8 miHighest

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

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

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.7%Highest 2.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.9 miHighest 2.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Lowest 8Highest

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

Schools

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

School district WEBB CITY R-VIIUNION R-XI

High school in town Webb City HighUnion High

Students per teacherat that high school 15.6Highest 15.4Lowest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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Joplin52,593 people · $168K homes

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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 Union

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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