Webb City, MO

The affordability dashboard for Webb City, MO aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 14,325 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of B (70/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $68,300, median home value of $177,700, median rent of $1,018 per month, and 29.3% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. These four metrics alone explain most of the variance between city dashboards.

Cross-agency feeds widen the picture beyond Census demographics. HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom in this county at $947 per month (studio $760, 1BR $765, 3BR $1,237, 4BR $1,285).

Reading the overall grade requires reading all seven dimensions together. The score weights Income 20%, Safety 20%, Housing 15%, Rent 15%, Education 10%, Commute 10%, and Childcare 10%, with each sub-score benchmarked against national percentiles rather than state averages — so the grade is genuinely comparable across any city in the country. Strengths visible in the raw data for Webb City, MO include housing, commute, rent. Unemployment currently reads 3.9% and poverty 17.9% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.