Howell County vs Webster County

A side-by-side comparison of Howell County and Webster County: population, income, housing, and more.

Howell County and Webster County are counties in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Howell County has the higher population (40,168 vs 39,868 in Webster County). Webster County has the higher median household income ($69,731 vs $49,814 in Howell County). Webster County has the higher median home value ($219,100 vs $161,000 in Howell County).

Population, income & housing

	Howell County	Webster County
Population	40,168	39,868
Median age	40.1 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,814	$69,731
Median home value	$161,000	$219,100
Median gross rent	$722	$777
Housing units	18,104	15,360
Homeownership rate	68.7%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howell County	Webster County
Population	40,104 → 40,168 (+0.2%)	38,655 → 39,868 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$38,357 → $49,814 (+29.9%)	$50,560 → $69,731 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$112,200 → $161,000 (+43.5%)	$136,200 → $219,100 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $722 (+20.7%)	$661 → $777 (+17.5%)

Howell County

Population

40,10440,168

Median household income

$38,357$49,814

Median home value

$112,200$161,000

Median gross rent

$598$722

Webster County

Population

38,65539,868

Median household income

$50,560$69,731

Median home value

$136,200$219,100

Median gross rent

$661$777

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howell County	Webster County
Under 5	6.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.3%	20.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.4%
75 and over	8.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howell County	Webster County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howell County	Webster County
No high school diploma	14.1%	11.5%
High school graduate	39.3%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howell County	Webster County
Drove alone	82.2%	79.7%
Carpooled	10.8%	10.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	6.9%
Other means	2.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howell County	Webster County
1-unit, detached	75.0%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	2.5%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Howell County	Webster County
Poverty rate	21.4%	16.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1983	1990