Grain Valley vs Greenwood

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

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

Grain Valley has the higher population (15,967 vs 6,000 in Greenwood). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($104,638 vs $87,266 in Grain Valley). Grain Valley has the higher median home value ($269,800 vs $263,300 in Greenwood).

Population, income & housing

	Grain Valley	Greenwood
Population	15,967	6,000
Median age	35.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$87,266	$104,638
Median home value	$269,800	$263,300
Median gross rent	$1,366	$1,679
Housing units	6,178	2,193
Homeownership rate	65.2%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grain Valley	Greenwood
Population	13,966 → 15,967 (+14.3%)	6,247 → 6,000 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$73,698 → $87,266 (+18.4%)	$91,299 → $104,638 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$174,400 → $269,800 (+54.7%)	$170,500 → $263,300 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,044 → $1,366 (+30.8%)	$1,454 → $1,679 (+15.5%)

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

Greenwood

Population

6,2476,000

Median household income

$91,299$104,638

Median home value

$170,500$263,300

Median gross rent

$1,454$1,679

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grain Valley	Greenwood
Under 5	6.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	23.6%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	19.6%	16.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	17.9%
55 to 64	9.0%	9.8%
65 to 74	5.8%	9.9%
75 and over	4.8%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grain Valley	Greenwood
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	85.4%
Black or African American	5.1%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grain Valley	Greenwood
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	35.5%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grain Valley	Greenwood
Drove alone	77.2%	71.2%
Carpooled	4.4%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	15.1%
Other means	0.3%	10.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grain Valley	Greenwood
1-unit, detached	71.3%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	17.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Grain Valley	Greenwood
Poverty rate	6.3%	2.5%
Average household size	2.70	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	2002	1995