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Pumpkin Center, NC vs Webb City, MO

Pumpkin Center

North Carolina

vs

Webb City

Missouri

Across 33 directional measures we can compare, Pumpkin Center leads on 10 and Webb City on 23. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 11% higher in Pumpkin Center, while median household income is higher in Webb City.

Median gross rent
$1,115$1,008
Pumpkin Center is 11% higher
Median household income
$64,102$65,469
Pumpkin Center is 2% lower
Median home value
$189,600$169,100
Pumpkin Center is 12% higher

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $52,700 a year left in Pumpkin Center and $57,900 in Webb City. Money goes further in Webb City, by about $5,100 a year.
  • A household earning Pumpkin Center's median of $64,102 would need about $60,500 in Webb City to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2020 surveys, pay outran rent by 2.9 points a year in Pumpkin Center, and rent outran pay by 0.7 points a year in Webb City.

How these are calculated

North CarolinaMissouriWebb City, MOPumpkin Center, NCPumpkin CenterWebb CityPumpkin CenterWebb City

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#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Webb City, MOComposite 58.3 / 100
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Every measure

The dots show where each place sits among the 6,645 places we track. The bar is the median. A small dot after a value marks the better one.

MeasurePumpkin CenterWebb CityAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,115$1,008
Rent to income120.9%18.5%
Property tax rate10.5%0.7%
Home price to income13.0x2.6x
Prices vs US average292.185.7
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$1,319$1,153
HUD area median income4$85,400$80,200
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$984$1,130
Median home value1$189,600$169,100
Home prices, 1-year change52.9%3.7%
Home prices, 5-year change569.3%56.0%
Homeownership189.5%58.2%
Renters paying 30%+10.0%42.6%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,347$1,238
Vacant homes10.0%7.0%
Median year built119861982
Jobs and income
Median household income1$64,102$65,469
Income per person1$28,360$28,627
Unemployment15.4%4.3%
Average annual pay6$48,929$52,151
Pay growth, 1 year64.4%4.3%
Jobs653,88156,939
Poverty rate111.6%20.5%
Mean commute122 min17 min
Works from home112.8%6.5%
Commutes by transit10.0%0.2%
People
Population11,63613,221
Population change since 20207n/a3.1%
Median age132.231.9
Bachelor's or higher123.5%26.7%
High school or higher196.3%89.2%
Household size12.42.6
Born abroad14.2%1.0%
No health insurance19.5%8.3%
Homes with broadband1100.0%89.8%
Moving
Moved here in the past year113.8%6.0%
Moved from another state10.0%3.2%
Net movers per 1,000 people85.48.0
Income of households moving in8$53,900$46,796
Income of households moving out8$52,540$49,820
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k919.122.2
Shops per 10k926.939.2
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k92.63.5
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k910.115.8
Child care centers per 10k91.82.0
Parks per 10k100.010.6
Playgrounds per 10k100.06.0
Grocery stores per 10k100.01.5
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k100.018.9
Libraries per 10k100.01.5
Named paths and bike trails100.01.8
Transit stops per sq mi100.00.0
Nearest National Park Service site11n/a12.4
National Park Service sites within 60 miles11n/a4
National Register listings12143
Safety
Violent crime per 100k13n/a215
Property crime per 100k13n/a1,143
Schools
Public schools144049
Public school students1427,50121,177
Students per teacher1416.114.4
Climate
July average high1589°F90°F
January average low1534°F25°F
Average temperature1563°F58°F
Annual precipitation1557.1 in45.5 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1695.085.6
Hurricane risk1699.038.6
Tornado risk1685.895.6
Wildfire risk1685.966.3
Heat wave risk1687.594.4
Median air quality index17n/a38
Good air days17n/a83.6%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Pumpkin Center $44,600, Webb City $40,320 a year.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  8. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  9. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  10. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  11. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  12. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  13. Crime Data Explorer · Federal Bureau of Investigation · 2025 data
  14. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  15. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  16. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  17. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology.

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