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%

Webster Groves$2,820/mo

Typical home $445K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.30% · or rent about $1,650/mo · Housing →

Ballwin$2,570/mo

Typical home $414K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.16% · or rent about $1,418/mo · Housing →

The difference: $240 a month, about $2,900 a year, between Webster Groves and Ballwin.

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

Webster Groves places higher on 10 of 21 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

A−Webster GrovesSafer than 75% of U.S. towns A−BallwinSafer than 84% of U.S. towns

Schools

AWebster GrovesBetter than 93% of districts in the state ABallwinBetter than 90% of districts in the state

Health

A+Webster GrovesHealthier than 95% of U.S. towns ABallwinHealthier than 94% of U.S. towns

10Webster Groves

7Ballwin

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #76#203 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 85 towns #83#41 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #70#197 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #92#120 Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #162#183 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #247#229 Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #7#24 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #81#69

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

Webster GrovesBallwin

Snow a year10″10″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)57th 57th

Outdoors & history

Webster GrovesBallwin

Trails4 mi 1 mi

Conserved land3.1%0.6%

Settled—1804

National Register places12 —

Archive photos6 3

Famous people born here24 3

Community

Webster GrovesBallwin

Library hours a week66 hrs —

Colleges in town2 —

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

11 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Webster GrovesBallwin

Webster Groves ↔ Ballwin11 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

Webster GrovesBallwin

People

Population 23,712Lowest 31,279Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4.4%Highest MO: +2.8% +2.3%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 40.3±1.1Lowest 3% above MO 42.6±2.8Highest 9% above MO

Ballwin and Webster Groves are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 22.6%±2.2Highest MO: 22.3% 22.3%±2.2Lowest MO: 22.3%

Webster Groves and Ballwin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 19.3%±1.9Highest MO: 17.9% 19.1%±2Lowest MO: 17.9%

Webster Groves and Ballwin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 68.8%Highest MO: 32.4% 65.2%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 9%±1.5Highest MO: 5.7% 6.3%±1.4Lowest MO: 5.7%

Webster Groves and Ballwin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $115,227±$7kLowest 63% above MO $124,626±$8kHighest 76% above MO

Ballwin and Webster Groves are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $387,600±$13kHighest 68% above MO $377,100±$10kLowest 64% above MO

Webster Groves and Ballwin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,650±$354Highest 60% above MO $1,418±$70Lowest 37% above MO

Webster Groves and Ballwin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,049Highest 159% above MO $4,374Lowest 125% above MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 55.9%±5.1Highest MO: 45.6% 42.9%±11.6Lowest MO: 45.6%

Webster Groves and Ballwin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 4.2%Lowest MO: 12.6% 4.8%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 76.1%Lowest MO: 68.1% 84.2%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1952Lowest 26 yrs older than MO 1976Highest 2 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minLowest 19% below MO 26 minHighest 9% above MO

Work from home 25.9%±4.7Highest MO: 13% 20.7%±2.6Lowest MO: 13%

Webster Groves and Ballwin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 7.3%Highest 3.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 miLowest 10.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.96Highest 0.44Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Louis (23%)St. Louis (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BallwinFew work in Webster Groves

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.1%Highest 0.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.3 miHighest 0.9 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 16Highest 6Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 149Highest 132Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #14 of 226 in MO #24 of 226 in MO

School district WEBSTER GROVESPARKWAY C-2 · ROCKWOOD R-VI

High school in town Webster Groves HighNone in town

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.

Webster Groves vs Ballwin

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $240 more a month in Webster Groves

Webster Groves places higher on 10 of 21 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

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