Carterville vs Webb City

A side-by-side comparison of Carterville and Webb City: population, income, housing, and more.

Carterville and Webb City are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Webb City has the higher population (13,139 vs 1,978 in Carterville). Webb City has the higher median household income ($61,502 vs $55,099 in Carterville). Webb City has the higher median home value ($156,200 vs $95,400 in Carterville).

Population, income & housing

	Carterville	Webb City
Population	1,978	13,139
Median age	34.2 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,099	$61,502
Median home value	$95,400	$156,200
Median gross rent	$823	$937
Housing units	779	5,685
Homeownership rate	76.1%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carterville	Webb City
Population	2,253 → 1,978 (-12.2%)	11,721 → 13,139 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$40,238 → $55,099 (+36.9%)	$50,033 → $61,502 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$77,700 → $95,400 (+22.8%)	$99,600 → $156,200 (+56.8%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $823 (+1.5%)	$745 → $937 (+25.8%)

Carterville

Population

2,2531,978

Median household income

$40,238$55,099

Median home value

$77,700$95,400

Median gross rent

$811$823

Webb City

Population

11,72113,139

Median household income

$50,033$61,502

Median home value

$99,600$156,200

Median gross rent

$745$937

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carterville	Webb City
Under 5	7.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	25.1%	18.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	13.2%	16.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.4%
75 and over	4.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carterville	Webb City
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carterville	Webb City
No high school diploma	14.4%	9.1%
High school graduate	51.2%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carterville	Webb City
Drove alone	85.0%	81.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	7.9%
Other means	2.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carterville	Webb City
1-unit, detached	89.7%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Carterville	Webb City
Poverty rate	20.0%	20.7%
Average household size	2.87	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1972	1987