Grain Valley vs Raytown

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

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

Raytown has the higher population (29,593 vs 15,967 in Grain Valley). Grain Valley has the higher median household income ($87,266 vs $67,227 in Raytown). Grain Valley has the higher median home value ($269,800 vs $162,000 in Raytown).

Population, income & housing

	Grain Valley	Raytown
Population	15,967	29,593
Median age	35.8 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$87,266	$67,227
Median home value	$269,800	$162,000
Median gross rent	$1,366	$1,213
Housing units	6,178	13,803
Homeownership rate	65.2%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grain Valley	Raytown
Population	13,966 → 15,967 (+14.3%)	29,264 → 29,593 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$73,698 → $87,266 (+18.4%)	$52,662 → $67,227 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$174,400 → $269,800 (+54.7%)	$105,700 → $162,000 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,044 → $1,366 (+30.8%)	$916 → $1,213 (+32.4%)

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

Raytown

Population

29,26429,593

Median household income

$52,662$67,227

Median home value

$105,700$162,000

Median gross rent

$916$1,213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grain Valley	Raytown
Under 5	6.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	23.6%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	19.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	9.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	5.8%	11.1%
75 and over	4.8%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grain Valley	Raytown
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	48.8%
Black or African American	5.1%	36.5%
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%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grain Valley	Raytown
No high school diploma	5.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	35.5%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grain Valley	Raytown
Drove alone	77.2%	81.8%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	10.6%
Other means	0.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grain Valley	Raytown
1-unit, detached	71.3%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	17.6%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	4.8%
20 or more units	3.6%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Grain Valley	Raytown
Poverty rate	6.3%	12.7%
Average household size	2.70	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	2002	1963