Grain Valley vs Lee's Summit

A side-by-side comparison of Grain Valley and Lee's Summit: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lee's Summit has the higher population (102,583 vs 15,967 in Grain Valley). Lee's Summit has the higher median household income ($104,989 vs $87,266 in Grain Valley). Lee's Summit has the higher median home value ($313,200 vs $269,800 in Grain Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Grain Valley	Lee's Summit
Population	15,967	102,583
Median age	35.8 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,266	$104,989
Median home value	$269,800	$313,200
Median gross rent	$1,366	$1,382
Housing units	6,178	41,358
Homeownership rate	65.2%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	48.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grain Valley	Lee's Summit
Population	13,966 → 15,967 (+14.3%)	97,275 → 102,583 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$73,698 → $87,266 (+18.4%)	$89,969 → $104,989 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$174,400 → $269,800 (+54.7%)	$223,700 → $313,200 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,044 → $1,366 (+30.8%)	$1,077 → $1,382 (+28.3%)

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

Lee's Summit

Population

97,275102,583

Median household income

$89,969$104,989

Median home value

$223,700$313,200

Median gross rent

$1,077$1,382

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grain Valley	Lee's Summit
Under 5	6.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	23.6%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	19.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	9.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	5.8%	8.8%
75 and over	4.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grain Valley	Lee's Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	77.6%
Black or African American	5.1%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grain Valley	Lee's Summit
No high school diploma	5.3%	2.6%
High school graduate	35.5%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grain Valley	Lee's Summit
Drove alone	77.2%	73.7%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	19.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grain Valley	Lee's Summit
1-unit, detached	71.3%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	17.6%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	6.4%
20 or more units	3.6%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grain Valley	Lee's Summit
Poverty rate	6.3%	5.5%
Average household size	2.70	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	2002	1994