Webb City is a somewhat small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 13,165 people and two associated neighborhoods, Webb City is the 57th largest community in Missouri. Webb City has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Webb City, where the median household income is $58,964.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Webb City is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Webb City is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Webb City who work in office and administrative support (17.52%), sales jobs (14.69%), and teaching (6.60%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.90% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One of the benefits of Webb City is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.27 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small city, Webb City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Webb City who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.91% of adults in Webb City have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Webb City in 2022 was $25,502, which is middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,008 for a family of four. However, Webb City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Webb City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Webb City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Webb City residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Webb City include German, English, Irish, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Webb City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
