The overall crime rate in Webster County is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Webster County has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Webster County has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Webster County than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Webster County may be for you.
One downside of living in Webster County, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.20 minutes every day commuting to work.
In Webster County, just 9.30% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Webster County in 2022 was $22,246, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $88,984 for a family of four. However, Webster County contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Webster County is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Webster County home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Webster County residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Webster County also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.66% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Webster County include English, German, African, Irish, and Jamaican.
The most common language spoken in Webster County is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
