Grandview vs Kansas City

A side-by-side comparison of Grandview and Kansas City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kansas City has the higher population (508,233 vs 25,821 in Grandview). Kansas City has the higher median household income ($67,449 vs $53,431 in Grandview). Kansas City has the higher median home value ($227,000 vs $171,200 in Grandview).

Population, income & housing

	Grandview	Kansas City
Population	25,821	508,233
Median age	35.3 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,431	$67,449
Median home value	$171,200	$227,000
Median gross rent	$1,007	$1,186
Housing units	11,934	243,692
Homeownership rate	50.5%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grandview	Kansas City
Population	25,069 → 25,821 (+3.0%)	486,404 → 508,233 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$47,103 → $53,431 (+13.4%)	$54,194 → $67,449 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $171,200 (+57.6%)	$154,600 → $227,000 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $1,007 (+21.3%)	$941 → $1,186 (+26.0%)

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

Kansas City

Population

486,404508,233

Median household income

$54,194$67,449

Median home value

$154,600$227,000

Median gross rent

$941$1,186

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grandview	Kansas City
Under 5	6.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	17.7%	17.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.8%
75 and over	5.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grandview	Kansas City
White (non-Hispanic)	43.8%	54.5%
Black or African American	32.7%	25.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grandview	Kansas City
No high school diploma	11.2%	8.2%
High school graduate	31.6%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grandview	Kansas City
Drove alone	73.1%	72.7%
Carpooled	10.2%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.4%	14.8%
Other means	2.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grandview	Kansas City
1-unit, detached	58.9%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	21.5%	11.9%
20 or more units	2.6%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Grandview	Kansas City
Poverty rate	16.1%	14.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1973	1968