Grain Valley vs Grandview

A side-by-side comparison of Grain Valley and Grandview: population, income, housing, and more.

Grain Valley and Grandview are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grandview has the higher population (25,821 vs 15,967 in Grain Valley). Grain Valley has the higher median household income ($87,266 vs $53,431 in Grandview). Grain Valley has the higher median home value ($269,800 vs $171,200 in Grandview).

Population, income & housing

	Grain Valley	Grandview
Population	15,967	25,821
Median age	35.8 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$87,266	$53,431
Median home value	$269,800	$171,200
Median gross rent	$1,366	$1,007
Housing units	6,178	11,934
Homeownership rate	65.2%	50.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grain Valley	Grandview
Population	13,966 → 15,967 (+14.3%)	25,069 → 25,821 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$73,698 → $87,266 (+18.4%)	$47,103 → $53,431 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$174,400 → $269,800 (+54.7%)	$108,600 → $171,200 (+57.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,044 → $1,366 (+30.8%)	$830 → $1,007 (+21.3%)

Grain Valley

Population

13,96615,967

Median household income

$73,698$87,266

Median home value

$174,400$269,800

Median gross rent

$1,044$1,366

Grandview

Population

25,06925,821

Median household income

$47,103$53,431

Median home value

$108,600$171,200

Median gross rent

$830$1,007

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grain Valley	Grandview
Under 5	6.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	23.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	17.7%
35 to 44	19.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	5.8%	9.3%
75 and over	4.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grain Valley	Grandview
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	43.8%
Black or African American	5.1%	32.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grain Valley	Grandview
No high school diploma	5.3%	11.2%
High school graduate	35.5%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grain Valley	Grandview
Drove alone	77.2%	73.1%
Carpooled	4.4%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	13.4%
Other means	0.3%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grain Valley	Grandview
1-unit, detached	71.3%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	17.6%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	21.5%
20 or more units	3.6%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Grain Valley	Grandview
Poverty rate	6.3%	16.1%
Average household size	2.70	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	2002	1973