Grandview vs Raytown

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

Grandview 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 25,821 in Grandview). Raytown has the higher median household income ($67,227 vs $53,431 in Grandview). Grandview has the higher median home value ($171,200 vs $162,000 in Raytown).

Population, income & housing

	Grandview	Raytown
Population	25,821	29,593
Median age	35.3 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,431	$67,227
Median home value	$171,200	$162,000
Median gross rent	$1,007	$1,213
Housing units	11,934	13,803
Homeownership rate	50.5%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grandview	Raytown
Population	25,069 → 25,821 (+3.0%)	29,264 → 29,593 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$47,103 → $53,431 (+13.4%)	$52,662 → $67,227 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $171,200 (+57.6%)	$105,700 → $162,000 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $1,007 (+21.3%)	$916 → $1,213 (+32.4%)

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

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)

	Grandview	Raytown
Under 5	6.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	17.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.1%
75 and over	5.5%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grandview	Raytown
White (non-Hispanic)	43.8%	48.8%
Black or African American	32.7%	36.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.4%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grandview	Raytown
No high school diploma	11.2%	8.2%
High school graduate	31.6%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grandview	Raytown
Drove alone	73.1%	81.8%
Carpooled	10.2%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	10.6%
Other means	2.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grandview	Raytown
1-unit, detached	58.9%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	21.5%	4.8%
20 or more units	2.6%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Grandview	Raytown
Poverty rate	16.1%	12.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1973	1963