Fact text

  • Webster Groves was nicknamed the 'Queen of the Suburbs' by developers back in 1892, a title locals have never fully let go of.
  • Author Jonathan Franzen, who wrote 'The Corrections,' grew up in Webster Groves and later wrote about it in his memoir 'The Discomfort Zone'.
  • A 1960s CBS documentary put Webster Groves High School on blast, claiming students were obsessed with 'grades, cars and money', Franzen later said it barely resembled the town he knew.
  • Webster Groves was the setting for the 1974 to 75 NBC television series 'Lucas Tanner,' putting this quiet suburb in prime-time living rooms across America.
  • Webster Groves High School plays Kirkwood High School in the 'Turkey Day Game' every Thanksgiving, one of the oldest high school football rivalries west of the Mississippi.
Your
Webster Groves
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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22906
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Total Population
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$
94479
Median Income
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$
301700
Median Home
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18
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Webster Groves
ranks for retirees?
45
/ 100

A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.

Tax
8
Affordability
70
Healthcare
68
Climate
34

Results

Webster Groves

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
8

Missouri spares retirees one major hit: Social Security benefits are fully exempt from state income tax.

State sales tax here runs about

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
8
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
70

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
70
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
68

The area has

9

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

4

/5 CMS quality rating.

Source · CMS Hospital Compare
4
Retirement tax planning
04 - Climate

Weather & Comfort

Climate
34

A

Temperate

climate — summers peak near

88

°F, winters dip to about

27

°F, with roughly

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Temperate
Retirement tax planning
05 - Risk

Natural Disaster Risk

Risk
Relatively High

FEMA's overall natural-disaster risk rating for this county on the National Risk Index.

Source · FEMA National Risk Index
Relatively High

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