Grain Valley vs Sugar Creek

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

Grain Valley and Sugar Creek 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 3,261 in Sugar Creek). Grain Valley has the higher median household income ($87,266 vs $57,467 in Sugar Creek). Grain Valley has the higher median home value ($269,800 vs $104,800 in Sugar Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Grain Valley	Sugar Creek
Population	15,967	3,261
Median age	35.8 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$87,266	$57,467
Median home value	$269,800	$104,800
Median gross rent	$1,366	$936
Housing units	6,178	1,559
Homeownership rate	65.2%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grain Valley	Sugar Creek
Population	13,966 → 15,967 (+14.3%)	3,290 → 3,261 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$73,698 → $87,266 (+18.4%)	$42,159 → $57,467 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$174,400 → $269,800 (+54.7%)	$78,300 → $104,800 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,044 → $1,366 (+30.8%)	$827 → $936 (+13.2%)

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

Sugar Creek

Population

3,2903,261

Median household income

$42,159$57,467

Median home value

$78,300$104,800

Median gross rent

$827$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grain Valley	Sugar Creek
Under 5	6.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	23.6%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	19.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	16.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	14.6%
65 to 74	5.8%	10.4%
75 and over	4.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grain Valley	Sugar Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	83.5%
Black or African American	5.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	2.7%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grain Valley	Sugar Creek
No high school diploma	5.3%	18.3%
High school graduate	35.5%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grain Valley	Sugar Creek
Drove alone	77.2%	78.1%
Carpooled	4.4%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	4.6%
Other means	0.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grain Valley	Sugar Creek
1-unit, detached	71.3%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	17.6%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	1.3%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Grain Valley	Sugar Creek
Poverty rate	6.3%	10.7%
Average household size	2.70	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	2002	1953