Old Jamestown vs Webster Groves

A side-by-side comparison of Old Jamestown and Webster Groves: population, income, housing, and more.

Old Jamestown and Webster Groves are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Webster Groves has the higher population (23,771 vs 21,121 in Old Jamestown). Webster Groves has the higher median household income ($110,716 vs $107,250 in Old Jamestown). Webster Groves has the higher median home value ($371,400 vs $230,100 in Old Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Old Jamestown	Webster Groves
Population	21,121	23,771
Median age	39.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$107,250	$110,716
Median home value	$230,100	$371,400
Median gross rent	$1,706	$1,628
Housing units	7,232	10,044
Homeownership rate	89.3%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	68.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Jamestown	Webster Groves
Population	19,777 → 21,121 (+6.8%)	22,951 → 23,771 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$88,904 → $107,250 (+20.6%)	$102,759 → $110,716 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$176,800 → $230,100 (+30.1%)	$296,800 → $371,400 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,432 → $1,706 (+19.1%)	$1,349 → $1,628 (+20.7%)

Old Jamestown

Population

19,77721,121

Median household income

$88,904$107,250

Median home value

$176,800$230,100

Median gross rent

$1,432$1,706

Webster Groves

Population

22,95123,771

Median household income

$102,759$110,716

Median home value

$296,800$371,400

Median gross rent

$1,349$1,628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Old Jamestown	Webster Groves
Under 5	8.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	7.8%	10.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.6%
75 and over	5.9%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Jamestown	Webster Groves
White (non-Hispanic)	20.5%	80.6%
Black or African American	66.2%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.0%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Jamestown	Webster Groves
No high school diploma	5.5%	1.5%
High school graduate	19.0%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	34.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Jamestown	Webster Groves
Drove alone	70.5%	70.9%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.6%
Walked	0.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	21.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Jamestown	Webster Groves
1-unit, detached	90.2%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.7%	15.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Old Jamestown	Webster Groves
Poverty rate	6.1%	3.6%
Average household size	3.00	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1985	1951