The population of Matthews slipped 7.2% between 2020 and 2025, to 493, which makes standing out locally harder and more important. Web design in Matthews is about keeping the customers you have and winning the ones who are comparing. Aria builds and hosts the website for $89 a month, domain and business email included; within 5 business days it is ready on a temporary link, and you pay only after you approve it.
No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website.
Matthews, MO: the local picture for your website
Matthews is on Interstate 55, so some of the people looking for food, fuel, lodging and repairs are just passing through. Highway traffic brings freight: trucking, repair, towing and truck services serve people who will never live in Matthews. Say which exit and how to get there from the highway on the contact page, with hours that are always current.
Which Matthews businesses need a small business website
Matthews shares ZIP code 63867 with the surrounding area, where 28 employer businesses were counted in 2023.
County-wide, New Madrid County counts 376 businesses with employees and 860 self-employed or nonemployer businesses (2023). One sector stands out in New Madrid County: nondurable goods wholesalers, with 26 establishments and about five times the national share. What their websites need: the catalog, delivery routes and how to become a customer. Next on the list: social assistance and child care providers, 28 of them, at 3.1 times the national share.
How big is the Matthews market?
The median home value is $108,400 and the median gross rent is $749 a month (Missouri: $230,300 and $1,033).
Who is searching in Matthews
Matthews is one of 15 municipalities in New Madrid County, a county of 15,086 people. Small-town survey numbers are uncertain, so here is New Madrid County as a whole: households have a median income of $51,881, and half the residents are older than 41.3. Broadband reaches 89.2% of homes, and 11.1% of households are online only through a phone plan. 64.2% of households own their home.
Where Matthews customers come from
Matthews’ nearest neighbors are Canalou (6.6 miles), Sikeston (8.8 miles), Morehouse (9.2 miles), East Prairie (10 miles) and Miner (10 miles). A 25-mile radius around Matthews takes in 33 other municipalities. For big-city shopping and services, Jackson, TN (69,339 residents) is 86 miles away. Matthews covers 2.0 square miles of land, about 251 residents per square mile. If you serve more than one town, your website can have a service area page that names each of them, so a customer in Morehouse or Canalou sees right away that you cover them.
The nearest NOAA station with 1991-2020 climate normals, Sikeston Pwr Station, is 8.9 miles from Matthews. It records an average high of 91°F in July and an average low of 28°F in January. Precipitation totals about 50 inches a year, with April the wettest month. Freezing nights (32°F or below) come about 74 times a year. Mild weather keeps outdoor work going most of the year: patios, yards and outdoor events have a long season. Put your seasonal services on their own page, so the right page is there when the weather turns.
A web designer for Matthews businesses, working online
Aria is based in Curitiba, Brazil, and has built websites for businesses since 2008. We don’t have an office in Matthews: the whole process happens online, and the plan is the same $89 a month in any city.
- The sign-up at cadastro.ariaserv.com/en takes about 5 minutes; your logo and photos go by email.
- We build it with your brand on a proven professional template and send a temporary link within 5 business days.
- Approve it, pay the first month, and the website goes live on your domain together with your business email.
Later on, you send changes by email (a new price, a new photo, a new service) and the team makes them, with no extra charge.
- Business website or online store, same price
- Your domain, registered and renewed by us (or the one you already have)
- Business email on your domain: 5 GB, webmail and spam filtering
- Hosting, SSL certificate and daily backups
- Changes to text, photos and prices, requested by email
- Ready within 5 business days on a temporary link
Missouri and federal rules for small business websites
A website doesn’t need a special license, but the business behind it follows the same Missouri rules as any other.
- Newsletters and promotions sent from your business email must include a working way to unsubscribe (16 CFR Part 316). 16 CFR Part 316
This is general information, not legal advice; check with the Missouri agencies, New Madrid County, the city of Matthews or an attorney.
Common questions about a website in Matthews
My business is in Matthews, but I also work in East Prairie. Can the website show that?
Yes. A service area page can name each town you cover, such as East Prairie, Miner and Morehouse.
Will someone from Aria visit my business in Matthews?
No. Aria is based in Curitiba, Brazil, and works with every client online: material, change requests and questions go by email, and you review the website on a temporary link before it goes live.
Matthews is small. Do I really need a website?
Your customers come from all of New Madrid County, not only Matthews: the county has 376 businesses with employees and 860 without (2023). The website is what they find when they search.
Is there a setup fee?
No. No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website. There is no lock-in contract either: you can end the service whenever you need.
Web design near Matthews
Put your Matthews business on the web
You approve the website before the first payment, and there is no setup fee.
- Population figures for Matthews: Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimates. Households, income, commuting and housing: American Community Survey 2020-2024, 5-year, county figures where the town estimate is too uncertain. Businesses: ZIP Code and County Business Patterns 2023 and Nonemployer Statistics 2023. Distances: 2025 Gazetteer, straight line.
- Climate: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (station USC00237772).
- Highways: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 primary roads and 2024 cartographic boundary files.
- The Missouri rules come from the official sources linked in that section (checked October 30, 2026); county seats from the USGS National Atlas.
