Webster County, Missouri (MO)

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% of renters here:	22%
State:	30%

This county:	14.8%
Whole state:	11.7%

This county:	6.3%
Whole state:	5.1%

Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (20.6%), Educational,health and social services (16.6%), Retail trade (12.4%).

Type of workers:

Webster County, Missouri business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Webster County, Missouri:

Median resident age:	34.6 years
Missouri median age:	36.1 years

Males: 15,630	(50.3%)
Females: 15,415	(49.7%)

Recent posts about Webster County, Missouri on our local forum with over 300,000 registered users. Webster County is mentioned 24 times on our forum:

	Tornado Warning!  (36 replies)
	Current Tornado Warnings & Watches  (27 replies)
	looking for a nice town  (24 replies)
	Help me find an inexpensive, rural MO town  (55 replies)
	Seymour?  (2 replies)
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Webster County:	2.7 people
Missouri:	2.5 people

This county	$35,329
Missouri:	$41,974

Webster County	$114,601
Missouri:	$123,100

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 36
• Burglaries: 97
• Thefts: 181
• Auto thefts: 12

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 67
• Burglaries: 119
• Thefts: 198
• Auto thefts: 22

Area name: Springfield, MO HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Webster County is $410 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $524 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $747 a month.

Cities in this county include: Marshfield, Seymour, Rogersville, Fordland, Niangua, Diggins.

Neighboring counties: Christian County , Dallas County , Douglas County , Greene County , Laclede County , Wright County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits: Notable locations in Webster County: Youth Camp (A), Bennington (B), Otley (C), Saint Luke (D), Camp Arrowhead (E), Tandy (F), Mountain View School (G), Fordland Honor Camp (H), Lone Star School (I), Mathal (J). Display/hide their locations on the map Shopping Centers: Marshfield Village Shopping Center (1), Marshfield Shopping Center (2). Display/hide their locations on the map Churches in Webster County include: Mount Sinai Church (A), Harmony Church (B), Amity Church (C), Antioch Church (D), Timber Ridge Church (E), Prospect Church (F), Happy Home Church (G), Cass Chapel (H), Green Hill Chapel (I). Display/hide their locations on the map Cemeteries: Goss Cemetery (1), Mountain Dale Cemetery (2), Rush Cemetery (3), Alcorn Cemetery (4), Mount Sinai Cemetery (5), Bumgarner Cemetery (6), Mount Olive Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map Reservoirs: Cedar Gap Lake (A), Jones Lake (B), Lake Osage (C), Totten Lake (D), Osage Lake (E), A J Shrubar Lake (F). Display/hide their locations on the map Streams, rivers, and creeks: Hannah Branch (A), Lacey Branch (B), Hagan Branch (C), Grier Branch (D), Greer Creek (E), Greasy Creek (F), Myers Branch (G), Givins Branch (H), North Carolina Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map Park in Webster County: Seymour State Wildlife Management Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map Post offices: Hiatt Post Office (A), All Post Office (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Here:	4.8%
Missouri:	5.1%

Current college students: 825
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 74.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 263 (63% naturalized citizens)

Webster County:	0.8%
Whole state:	2.7%

Mean travel time to work: 29.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 44.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 9,131
• One, attached: 107
• Two: 315
• 3 or 4: 315
• 5 to 9: 77
• 10 to 19: 71
• 20 or more: 120
• Mobile homes: 1,896
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 20

Housing units in Webster County with a mortgage: 2,926 (206 second mortgage, 196 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,498

Webster County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Missouri state average. It is 1.6 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 17 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 5/20/1990, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 9 people

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 10,444 (77%) Carpooled: 1,988 (15%) Bus or trolley bus: 60 (0%) Motorcycle: 7 (0%) Bicycle: 4 (0%) Walked: 250 (2%) Other means: 124 (1%) Worked at home: 634 (5%)

9.80% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,972 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.80%
Missouri average:	7.87%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.65% relocated from other counties in Missouri ($22,416 average AGI)
3.15% relocated from other states ($12,555 average AGI)

Webster County:	3.15%
Missouri average:	2.98%

from Greene County, MO	3.07% ($34,121 average AGI)
from Christian County, MO	0.79% ($35,809)
from Wright County, MO	0.58% ($30,697)
from Laclede County, MO	0.30% ($33,765)
from Dallas County, MO	0.22% ($32,400)
from Douglas County, MO	0.14% ($30,625)
from Maricopa County, AZ	0.11% ($41,250)

8.68% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,084 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.68%
Missouri average:	7.66%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
7.01% relocated to other counties in Missouri ($23,439 average AGI)
1.67% relocated to other states ($5,644 average AGI)

Webster County:	1.67%
Missouri average:	2.81%

to Greene County, MO	4.04% ($26,834 average AGI)
to Christian County, MO	0.63% ($36,329)
to Laclede County, MO	0.33% ($27,865)
to Wright County, MO	0.27% ($21,100)
to Polk County, MO	0.21% ($33,217)
to Dallas County, MO	0.18% ($23,300)
to Douglas County, MO	0.09% ($28,400)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 15.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 8.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 7.0

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 5,565 (4,494 aged, 1,071 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 27,036 (7,190 male householders, 1,275 female householders)

  7,384 spouses, 9,996 children (8,836 natural, 207 adopted, 953 stepchildren), 297 grandchildren, 68 brothers or sisters, 82 parents, 307 other relatives, 437 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 3,051 (1,224 male householders (991 living alone)), 1,391 female householders (1,279 living alone)), 436 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 958 (923 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,563 2-persons, 1,960 3-persons, 1,722 4-persons, 706 5-persons, 301 6-persons, 213 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,270 1-person, 278 2-persons, 40 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 9 5-persons.

6,814 married couples with children.
1,536 single-parent households (469 men, 1,067 women).

94.4% of residents of Webster County speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
4.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 35% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $157,939,000 ($4627 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $5,961,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $81,081,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $30,812,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $564,000
Federal grants: $38,280,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,144,000 ($885,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,059,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $746,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $18,228,000
Federal Government insurance: $1,011,000

Here:	72 per 1000 residents
State:	69 per 1000 residents

Here:	40 per 1000 residents
State:	49 per 1000 residents

Here:	+1 per 1000 residents
State:	+7 per 1000 residents

Here:	+75 per 1000 residents
State:	+5 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.28 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Here:	5.8
State:	6.0

Here:	4.4
State:	4.2

52% of Webster County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Missouri.

Webster County:	52.0%
State average:	54.3%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 20380
• Northeast: 507
• Midwest: 4326
• South: 2864
• West: 2563

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $74,700

Here:	10.6%
Missouri:	13.7%

Here:	3.7%
Missouri:	11.6%

Here:	27.6%
Missouri:	24.9%

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