42,041 people (2024 Census estimate, +7.8% since 2020)
593 square miles of land · 71 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
12 active community water systems list Webster County in the area they serve, reporting 17,732 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MARSHFIELD PWS groundwater · local government · MO5010503 | 7,425 served |
| ROGERSVILLE PWS groundwater · local government · MO5010699 | 5,602 served |
| SEYMOUR PWS groundwater · local government · MO5010734 | 1,943 served |
| OZARK CORRECTIONAL CENTER groundwater · state · MO5069035 | 900 served |
| FORDLAND PWS groundwater · local government · MO5010283 | 800 served |
| NIANGUA PWS groundwater · local government · MO5010575 | 411 served |
| DIGGINS PWS groundwater · local government · MO5010218 | 300 served |
| FOUNTAIN PLAZA MHP groundwater · private · MO5048281 | 186 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 60 people were held in Webster County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 247 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 31.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
5 school districts have their office in Webster County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $37.4 million — $31.2 million to run schools, about $10,035 per student, plus $4.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.4 million local (mostly property tax), $19.6 million state, $6 million federal. Long-term debt: $20.9 million.
Spent $40.7 million — $27.9 million to run schools, about $11,279 per student, plus $10.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.4 million local (mostly property tax), $13.8 million state, $3.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $44.3 million.
Spent $16.1 million — $9.6 million to run schools, about $13,372 per student, plus $6.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3 million local (mostly property tax), $4.5 million state, $9.8 million federal.
Spent $12.7 million — $7.1 million to run schools, about $11,649 per student, plus $4.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4 million local (mostly property tax), $4 million state, $4.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.9 million.
Spent $4.2 million — $3.4 million to run schools, about $11,356 per student, plus $832,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $910,000 local (mostly property tax), $2.3 million state, $949,000 federal.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Webster County about $16.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
189 bridges in Webster County: 86 in good condition, 87 fair, and 16 poor (8.5%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| US 60 E over RT PP CST FRONT ST ST. · built 1971 | 8,419 vehicles a day |
| US 60 W over RT PP CST FRONT ST ST. · built 1971 | 8,411 vehicles a day |
| RT A S over TURNBO CR · built 1931 | 5,558 vehicles a day |
| RT FF S over DRY CR · built 1956 | 1,240 vehicles a day |
| MO 38 E over CANTRELL CR · built 1935 | 1,106 vehicles a day |
| MO 38 E over CANTRELL BR · built 1935 | 1,106 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $13.3 million of work in Webster County in fiscal 2025, about $340 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Missouri are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Webster County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Webster County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Wright County (22 mi) · Greene County (26 mi) · Christian County (27 mi) · Dallas County (29 mi) · Laclede County (30 mi) · Douglas County (30 mi).